Irish moths

Tawny-barred Angle, Macari liturata

Family: Geometridae       Sub-family: Ennominae

1893     *     Tawny-barred Angle     *     Macari liturata



Wingspan: 25-34mm
F. nigrofulvata is dark grey-brown with orange-brown cross-bands

Flight time: May-August, two broods in the south
Habitat: Coniferous woodland

Larvae mainly feed on Scots Pine and Norway Spruce

Similar: 1889 Peacock Moth


Tawny-barred Angle, Macari liturata f nigrofulvata


Tawny-barred Angle, Macari liturata


Tawny-barred Angle, Macari liturata f nigrofulvata

Tawny-barred Angle, Macari liturata
Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. June and July 2011

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