Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Macaria cruciata cruciata
Upper surface of wings varying from grayish to brownish gray, with median area tending to be pale gray in most specimens; black spotting usually represented in middle of forewings on and distad of t. p. line, but variable in strength. Under surface of wings more contrasting in color than upper surface; both sexes with broad brown outer band on all wings (Ringe, 1973).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Geometroidea
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Macaria
Species
cruciata
Subspecies
cruciata
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Santa Cruz (Herbulot, 1970; Landry & Rindge, 1995), Santiago (Roque, 2006).
- Herbulot, C. (1970) Lepidopteres Geometridae des îles Galápagos recueillis par M. et Mme. N. Leleup. Lambillionea 69(7-12): 17-25.
- Landry, B. Rindge, F.H. (1995) Additions to the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, including a new species of Eupithecia. American Museum Novitates 3118: 1-10.
- Rindge, F.H. (1973) The Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 2510: 1-31.
- Roger Perry Tjitte de Vries (2003) Notes on the distribution and breeding ecology of Galapagos lepidoptera Revista Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Macaria cruciata cruciata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7249. Accessed 31 October 2026.