Malacodea

Malacodea is a monotypic genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Malacodea regelaria, is found from Fennoscandia and Estonia to northern Siberia. Both the genus and species were first described by Johan Martin Jakob von Tengström in 1869.^[1]

Malacodea
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Malacodea Tengström, 1869
Species:	M. regelaria
Binomial name
Malacodea regelaria Tengström, 1869

The wingspan is 25–31 mm for males. Females are wingless. Adults are on wing from April to May in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Picea abies. Larvae can be found in July. The species overwinters as a pupa.