Currant Spanworm Moth and Allies

Macaria ribearia · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Geometridae

Also called: Currant Spanworm Moth

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Currant Spanworm Moth and Allies
Photo: Teá Montagna, CC BY

The Currant Spanworm Moth (Macaria ribearia) is catalogued as number 6274 in the MONA/Hodges system. It occurs in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Its MONA or Hodges number is 6274.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is native to North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 24 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, Maine, Pennsylvania.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Currant Spanworm Moth and Allies photo 2
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Currant Spanworm Moth and Allies photo 3
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Currant Spanworm Moth and Allies photo 4
Photo: Carrie Seltzer, CC BY
Currant Spanworm Moth and Allies photo 5
Photo: Spencer Bierman, CC BY

Same family (Geometridae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaria_ribearia

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Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.

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