Other Common Names
Barberry Looper (caterpillar)
Identification
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 not blotched brown, as it is in Tissue Moth
hindwing pale grayish-brown with variably distinct lines
Range
all of United States and southern Canada
Season
adults fly May-October; several broods
Food
Larvae feed on Barberry (
Berberis). This is an introduced shrub in most of Eastern North America--the native American Barberry (
Berberis canadensis), is rare in the
Southeast.
Life Cycle
several generations per year in the south; fewer in the north
See Also
Tissue Moth,
Triphosa haesitata.
T. haesitata lacks the black discal spot found on Coryphista meadii, just distad of the AM line near the costa.
Print References
Covell, p. 382, plates 47, 49
(1)Internet References
pinned adult images of typical and "badiaria" forms (CBIF)
live adult image of "badiaria" form (Steve Walter, New York)
pinned adult image of typical form (Dale Clark, Texas)
pinned adult image of "badiaria" form (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
presence in California; list (California Moth Species List, U. of California at Berkeley)
distribution in Canada giving list of provinces (CBIF)
