Macaria oweni

Macaria oweni, Owen's larch looper or Owen's angle moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Louis W. Swett in 1907. It is found in North America from Newfoundland to west-central Alberta, south in the east to northern New England.

Macaria oweni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Macaria
Species:	M. oweni
Binomial name
Macaria oweni (Swett, 1907)
Synonyms
Semiothisa oweni Digrammia oweni Sciagraphia granitata var. oweni Swett, 1907

The wingspan is about 23 mm. Adults are on wing from June to mid-July in Alberta. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Larix laricina.

External links

• "910769.00 – 6351 – Macaria oweni – (Swett, 1907)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
• Balaban, John and Jane (July 12, 2012). "Species Macaria oweni - Owen's Larch Granite - Hodges#6351". BugGuide. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
• "Species Details Semiothisa oweni". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
• Maier, C. T.; Lemmon, C. R.; Fengler, J. M.; Schweitzer, D. F. & Reardon, R. C. (2004). "Owen's Larch Looper (Macaria oweni)". Caterpillars on the Foliage of Conifers in the Northeastern United States. USDA Forest Service. Archived from the original October 11, 2008.