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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Hydriomenini » Rheumaptera » Barberry Geometer - Hodges#7290 (Rheumaptera meadii)
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UI Geometrid Moth - Rheumaptera meadii
Copyright © 2014 Stephen Gingold

UI Geometrid Moth - Rheumaptera meadii
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 9, 2014
On my house siding early this morning before sunrise. We have a small wooded area behind with a variety of trees but mostly oak, birch and pine as well as some blueberry bushes.
If you have the time, a hint or two as to how to narrow this down from Geometrid would be really helpful as I try to learn how to ID on my own. Thanks!
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Contributed by Stephen Gingold on 9 August, 2014 - 12:40pm
Last updated 12 August, 2014 - 4:16am

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… Stephen Gingold, 12 August, 2014 - 4:16am login or register to post comments

Try
the subfamily Larentiinae :)
… Anonymous34, 10 August, 2014 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Kyle.
This seems a likely candidate?
… Stephen Gingold, 11 August, 2014 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep
Looks like it to me!
… Anonymous34, 11 August, 2014 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

 
If you don't mind my asking...
what was it that you saw to put it into that subfamily?
… Stephen Gingold, 12 August, 2014 - 4:15am login or register to post comments

 
Well,
I immediately recognized it as the barberry geometer, but I didn't want to tell you that because you said you wanted to learn! I honestly didn't know what subfamily it was in - I don't have them memorized, I had to look it up from the species page.
… Anonymous34, 12 August, 2014 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Recognition does narrow things down. :-)
… Stephen Gingold, 12 August, 2014 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Kyle.
I appreciate your help.
… Stephen Gingold, 11 August, 2014 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

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