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Family: Geometridae   Checklist Number: 70.214

Macaria liturata  (Clerck, 1759)

Tawny-barred Angle

Rare. First recorded from North Uist in 2012 with three subsequent records from South Uist as of 2024. On the wing from late April to mid-September in mainland Scotland. A species of conifer woodland where the larvae feed on various pines and spruces.

References: 
Leverton, R. & Cubitt, M. (2024). The Larger Moths of Scotland.
Waring, P. & Townsend, M. (2018 third edition). Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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