Macaria abydata

Macaria abydata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Macaria
Species:	M. abydata
Binomial name
Macaria abydata Guenée, [1858]
Synonyms
Macaria acidaliata Walker, 1861 Macaria adrasata Snellen, 1874 Macaria confusaria Walker, 1861 Macaria diffusata Guenée, [1858] Acidalia lataria Walker, 1861 Semiothisa ochrata Warren, 1900 Macaria santaremaria Walker, 1861 Chiasmia vagabunda Inoue, 1986 Psamatodes abydata Macaria puntolineata (Packard, 1873) Semiothisa simulata

Macaria abydata, commonly known as the dot-lined angle, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is native from northern Argentina to the Caribbean and southern United States (southern states from Arizona to Florida, regularly wandering north to Colorado, Kentucky and other more northern states). It has been introduced to the Pacific and has spread rapidly since. The first introduction occurred in Hawaii in 1970 (recorded from all the main islands in 1984). Further spread occurred as follows:

• 1975: Yap, central Micronesia
• 1976: Bonin Islands (Chichi-jima, Haha-jima)
• 1977: Saipan, central Micronesia (1985)
• 1980: Okinawa Island
• 1983: Taiwan
• 1985: Guam, central Micronesia (1985) Sulawesi (1986)
• 1986: Tonga (1985), Fiji (1985), Miyako Islands (Miyako-jima), Luzon, the Philippines (1985)
• 1987: New Caledonia (1985), Sabah, Malaysia
• 1988: western Samoa (1985)
• 1992: Hong Kong

The wingspan is 22–27 mm (0.87–1.06 in).

The phrase "dot-lined" comes from the evidence of small dots along the postmedial and sometimes median line of both forewing and hindwing(anterior of the marginal band).¹

Recorded host plants for larvae in its natural range are Vachellia farnesiana, Cassia, Sesbania, Parkinsonia aculeata and Glycine max. Larvae have been observed on Acacia koa and introduced Lysiloma latisiliquum and Litchi chinensis in Hawaii. In the Indo-Australian tropics it has been reared from Leucaena and Mimosa diplotricha.