Barberry Geometer
Rheumaptera meadii (Packard, 1874)
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Identification: Adult has two forms: typical form is all dark brown like Tissue Moth (Triphosa haesitata); form "badiaria" has orangish-brown AM and ST bands; both forms have a sharper forewing apex than Tissue Moth, and a more jagged PM line with an especially prominent "tooth" near the costa; forewing has black discal spot just distad of AM line near costa; hindwing pale grayish-brown with variably distinct lines and toothed/wavy margin
Wing Span: 3.0-3.6 cm
Life History:
Flight: April-October
Caterpillar Hosts: Larvae feed on barberry (Berberis spp.). (1)
This is an introduced shrub in most of eastern North America. The native American Barberry (Berberis canadensis) is rare in the southeastern states.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: All of The United States and southern Canada
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Taxonomy Notes: Rheumaptera meadii (Packard, 1874), n. comb., is the type species of Coryphista Hulst, 1896. a genus synonymized with Rheumaptera in Brehm et al. (2019).
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Observation date: May 07, 2020
Submitted by: hiker96
Region: Thurston County, Washington, United States
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Observation date: Jul 19, 2019
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Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
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Region: Boone County, Indiana, United States
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Submitted by: Colin Gillette
Region: Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Observation date: Sep 16, 2019
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Region: Racine County, Wisconsin, United States
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Verified date: Oct 03, 2019
Observation date: Sep 27, 2019
Submitted by: Joe Bartok
Region: Ontario, Canada
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Verified date: Sep 28, 2019
Observation date: Sep 20, 2019
Submitted by: trever
Region: Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States
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Verified date: Sep 26, 2019
Observation date: Aug 18, 2019
Submitted by: Joyce Kozdrowski
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Verified date: Sep 22, 2019
Observation date: Aug 28, 2018
Submitted by: Christine Stanke
Region: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Ilona L.
Verified date: Sep 19, 2019
Observation date: Sep 07, 2019
Submitted by: Christine Stanke
Region: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Ilona L.
Verified date: Sep 09, 2019
Observation date: Aug 17, 2019
Submitted by: Aat
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Observation date: Aug 17, 2019
Submitted by: Aat
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Observation date: Sep 06, 2019
Submitted by: JendenT
Region: Ontario, Canada
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Verified date: Sep 06, 2019
Observation date: Aug 29, 2019
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Verified date: Sep 03, 2019
Observation date: Aug 31, 2019
Submitted by: tirvine2020
Region: Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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Verified date: Aug 31, 2019
Observation date: Aug 30, 2019
Submitted by: montejosh
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Aug 31, 2019
Observation date: Aug 25, 2019
Submitted by: JendenT
Region: Ontario, Canada
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Verified date: Aug 26, 2019
Observation date: Aug 18, 2019
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 22, 2019
Observation date: Aug 18, 2019
Submitted by: Joyce Kozdrowski
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Verified date: Aug 19, 2019
Observation date: Aug 14, 2019
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Verified date: Aug 16, 2019
Observation date: Aug 05, 2019
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Verified date: Aug 12, 2019
Observation date: Aug 09, 2019
Submitted by: Joe Bartok
Region: Ontario, Canada
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Observation date: Aug 05, 2019
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Verified date: Aug 09, 2019
Observation date: Aug 07, 2019
Submitted by: pachips
Region: Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 08, 2019
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