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Haematopis grataria (Fabricius, 1798) - Chickweed Geometer

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Geometroidea		 Family:
Geometridae		Subfamily:
Sterrhinae		Tribe:
Timandrini		P3 Number:
91a0026		 MONA Number:
7146.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Haematopis gratariaAlamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New%20Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

Click on graph to enlarge 		Image showing flight dates by month for High Mountains greater than 4,000 feet, Low Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain: adults.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Almost all of our records come from lake and river shorelines, or wet meadows.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on chickweed (Stellaria), clover (Trifolium), and other herbaceous plants (Wagner, 2005). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S3S4]
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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 Photo Gallery for Haematopis grataria - Chickweed Geometer

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Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-09-25
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2025-09-02
Wake Co.
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Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-19
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-09-12
Orange Co.
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Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Tim Foley on 2024-09-07
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-07
Mitchell Co.
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Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2024-08-03
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-07-30
Orange Co.
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Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2024-07-26
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Andrew W. Jones on 2023-08-30
Polk Co.
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Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Andrew W. Jones on 2023-08-09
Polk Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Andrew W. Jones on 2023-08-09
Polk Co.
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Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Andrew W. Jones on 2023-08-09
Polk Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2022-08-19
Orange Co.
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Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-09-13
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-09-13
Madison Co.
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Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2020-09-18
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-09-10
Guilford Co.
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Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Steve Hall on 2020-07-24
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-10-28
Guilford Co.
Comment:
Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-09-29
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-09-20
Guilford Co.
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Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-09-02
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-08-12
Guilford Co.
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Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: L. M. Carlson on 2019-07-31
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-07-19
Guilford Co.
Comment:
Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-07-07
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-06-20
Guilford Co.
Comment:
Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-05-24
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Haematopis grataria
Recorded by: David L. Heavner on 2018-09-10
Buncombe Co.
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