Moths of North Carolina
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Rheumaptera meadii (Packard, 1874) - Barberry Geometer

Rheumaptera meadiiRheumaptera meadiiRheumaptera meadii
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Geometroidea		 Family:
Geometridae		Subfamily:
Larentiinae		Tribe:
Hydriomenini		P3 Number:
91a0341		 MONA Number:
7290.00		 MONA Synonym:
Coryphista meadii		Other Common Name:
Barberry Looper
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Structural photos
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.
Rheumaptera meadiiAlamance 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: Forests, woodlands, parks, and yards (Wagner et al., 2001). Our records from natural habitats come mainly from cove forests and northern hardwoods.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on barberry (Berberis spp.), including the native American Barberry (B. canadensis) and introduced species (Wagner et al., 2001). In North Carolina, there is an iNaturalist record (Scott Morris, 2022) of a larva feeding on Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii). - 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 Rheumaptera meadii - Barberry Geometer

Photos: 21
Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2025-09-16
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: Merrill Lynch on 2025-08-30
Watauga Co.
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Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2025-08-15
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: David George, Tracy Feldman, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper, Patrick Coin, Becky Watkins on 2024-06-08
Wake Co.
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Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: Emily L Stanley on 2023-05-12
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-09-01
Wake Co.
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Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-07-11
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-04-28
Buncombe Co.
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Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-09-14
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-07-16
Buncombe Co.
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Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-06-18
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2020-07-25
Cabarrus Co.
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Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-10-08
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2018-09-05
Buncombe Co.
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Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2017-06-09
McDowell Co.
Comment: 		Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: F. Williams, S. Williams on 2015-05-12
Alleghany Co.
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Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2013-08-18
Cabarrus Co.
Comment: 		Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2013-06-30
Transylvania Co.
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Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: Doug Blatny / Jackie Nelson on 2011-06-17
Ashe Co.
Comment: 		Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2011-04-30
Buncombe Co.
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Rheumaptera meadii
Recorded by: E. Corey, T. DeSantis on 2009-08-26
Alleghany Co.
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