Purplish Metarranthis Moth

Metarranthis homuraria · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Geometridae

Also called: Purplish Metarranthis

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Purplish Metarranthis Moth
Photo: David Dodd, CC BY

The purplish Metarranthis moth lives in North America. Its native range is also North America.

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 21 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Alabama, South Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Louisiana.

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

Source: GBIF

Status: native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Purplish Metarranthis Moth photo 2
Photo: Matt Felperin, CC BY
Purplish Metarranthis Moth photo 3
Photo: David George, CC BY
Purplish Metarranthis Moth photo 4
Photo: Jeff Niznik, CC BY-SA
Purplish Metarranthis Moth photo 5
Photo: jfox16, CC BY

Same family (Geometridae)

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Sources

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

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

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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