Biology:Lacaria

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Lacaria is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.[1][2][3] They occur in South America (Chile, Argentina).[4]

Description

The forewings are brown or grey, with paler patches or mottling, and with wavy transverse lines that can be indistinct. The hindwings are whitish buff with two indistinct dark streaks near tornus.[4]

Species

There are seven recognized species:[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys; Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Lacaria Orfila & Schajovski, 1825". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/185410/taxon/12137. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Lacaria Orfila & Schajovski, 1959". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.26.041. 10 February 2026. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/264870. 
  3. "Lacaria Orfila & Schajovski, 1959". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/1981387. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Pitkin, Linda M. (2002). "Neotropical ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 135 (2–3): 121–401 [193]. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00012.x. 

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