Galapagos Species Database
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Macaria cruciata isabelae
Upper surface of wings varying in color from pale grayish white to pale ocher; two specimens (holotype and allotype) with unicolorous wings, while the two paratypes have darker scaling in outer portion of the wing, brown in male and gray in female; black spotting in middle of forewings varying from very slight to prominent. Under surface of wings similar to upper surface; broad brown outer band of nominate cruciata absent (Ringe, 1973).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Geometroidea
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Macaria
Species
cruciata
Subspecies
isabelae
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Origin: Endemic
- Herbulot, C. (1970) Lepidopteres Geometridae des îles Galápagos recueillis par M. et Mme. N. Leleup. Lambillionea 69(7-12): 17-25.
- Rindge, F.H. (1973) The Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 2510: 1-31.
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
- Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
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"Galapagos Species Database, Macaria cruciata isabelae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7250. Accessed 31 October 2026.