Rhodometra sacraria

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Geometridae

'The Geometer Moths are the second largest family of moths in North America. This family includes many serious agricultural and forest pests. These moths are small to medium in size, with slender bodies and broad wings . On average, the wingspan of these moths is 1-6 cm, though the females of some species lack wings entirely. Larvae are usually twiglike and lack the first 2-3 pairs of prolegs. They move by extending the front of the body as far forward as possible, then bringing the rear of the body up to meet it; this is how they have gotten the name "inchworm" or "measuringworm." Larvae usually feed externally on leaves and pupate in loose cocoons in leaf litter or soil.

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Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,693 meters (0 to 12,116 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Rhodometra

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

R. sacraria (Vestal)

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Further Reading

• A handbook of British Lepidoptera, by Edward Meyrick. London, Macmillan, 1895. url p. 232, p. 232.
• British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url p. 127, p. 147, p. 148, p. 150, p. 151, p. 155, p. 160, p. 163, p. 181, p. 182, p. 183, p. 184, p. 185, p. 187, p. 211, p. 214, p. 215, p. 217, p. 23, p. 23, p. 24, p. 24, p. 25, p. 26, p. 26, p. 32, p. 33, p. 34, p. 35, p. 42, p. 48, p. 49, p. 50, p. 54, p. 55, p. 56, p. 57, p. 63, p. 67, p. 68, p. 69, p. 70, p. 75, p. 80, p. 86, p. 93.
• Catalogue of eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the Oxford University Museum, by C. Swinhoe. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1892-1900. url p. 359.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 266.
• List of intercepted plant pests / United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.], 1932- url p. 110, p. 73.
• Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url , , p. 1, p. 10, p. 10, p. 100, p. 102, p. 104, p. 105, p. 105, p. 107, p. 107, p. 107, p. 108, p. 109, p. 11, p. 110, p. 113, p. 12, p. 12, p. 121, p. 13, p. 14, p. 15, p. 18, p. 2, p. 21, p. 22, p. 23, p. 24, p. 24, p. 24, p. 3, p. 3, p. 3, p. 34, p. 4, p. 4, p. 42, p. 42, p. 45, p. 46, p. 48, p. 5, p. 56, p. 57, p. 57, p. 57, p. 6, p. 60, p. 63, p. 7, p. 7, p. 8, p. 9, p. 93, p. 94, p. 95, p. 98, p. 99.
• The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , p. 10, p. 100, p. 103, p. 113, p. 121, p. 123, p. 126, p. 130, p. 131, p. 133, p. 133, p. 135, p. 135, p. 135, p. 138, p. 141, p. 142, p. 144, p. 144, p. 147, p. 147, p. 148, p. 149, p. 150, p. 151, p. 153, p. 153, p. 156, p. 157, p. 159, p. 159, p. 161, p. 17, p. 17, p. 173, p. 175, p. 178, p. 178, p. 180, p. 183, p. 184, p. 184, p. 186, p. 193, p. 193, p. 195, p. 197, p. 198, p. 200, p. 201, p. 204, p. 205, p. 208, p. 208, p. 212, p. 216, p. 218, p. 218, p. 218, p. 218, p. 219, p. 221, p. 224, p. 227, p. 227, p. 227, p. 229, p. 23, p. 230, p. 231, p. 231, p. 238, p. 239, p. 239, p. 24, p. 241, p. 241, p. 242, p. 245, p. 245, p. 246, p. 247, p. 248, p. 25, p. 250, p. 251, p. 258, p. 259, p. 259, p. 26, p. 26, p. 260, p. 267, p. 268, p. 269, p. 27, p. 27, p. 270, p. 271, p. 273, p. 277, p. 279, p. 28, p. 28, p. 28, p. 285, p. 285, p. 29, p. 29, p. 297, p. 30, p. 300, p. 301, p. 303, p. 304, p. 307, p. 31, p. 31, p. 311, p. 322, p. 328, p. 333, p. 335, p. 336, p. 338, p. 339, p. 35, p. 38, p. 40, p. 5, p. 50, p. 53, p. 55, p. 59, p. 60, p. 60, p. 60, p. 62, p. 65, p. 67, p. 69, p. 69, p. 74, p. 75, p. 75, p. 76, p. 77, p. 79, p. 81, p. 81, p. 83, p. 85, p. 86, p. 86, p. 89, p. 9, p. 92, p. 93, p. 95, p. 95, p. 98, p. 99.
• The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- url p. 205, p. 227.
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url , p. 188.
• The Lepidopterists' news: the monthly newsletter of the Lepidopterists' Society. Cambridge, Mass.: Lepidopterists' Society, 1947-1958. url p. 84.
• The Macrolepidoptera of the world; a systematic description of the hitherto known Macrolepidoptera, ed. in collaboration with well-known specialists. Stuttgart: Seitz'schen (Kernen), 1906- url , p. 153.
• The Victoria history of the county of Cornwall / London: [A. Constable and Company], 1906- url p. 213.
• The genitalia of the group Geometridae of the Lepidoptera of the British Islands. An account of the morphology of the male clasping organs and the corresponding organs of the female. By F. N. Pierce. .. Liverpool: F. N. Pierce, 1914. url p. 35.
• Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. 5 1958 München: Die Staatssammlung, url p. 126, p. 49.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 17, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norwegian Lepidoptera collection, Oslo
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Bugs
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Lepidoptera dataset
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register - England.
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, European Lepidoptera Observations by Donald Hobern
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, European Moth Nights
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, Lepidoptera collection of Hannu Saarenmaa
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, Lepidopterological Society of Finland
• inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn, inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2956716
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-215206.0
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2288884
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 623933

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=80&sci=Geometridae&com=Geometer Moths, Looper Moths [back]
2. Mean = 152.980 meters (501.903 feet), Standard Deviation = 278.600 based on 22,989 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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