Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
2012 gathering in Alabama is being planned now!

More upcoming events

Photos of insects and people from the 2011 gathering in Iowa

Photos from the 2010 Workshop in Grinnell, Iowa

Photos from the 2009 gathering in Washington
 
Photos from the 2008 gathering in Tennessee
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Geometroidea » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Hydriomenini » Eulithis » Greater Grapevine Looper - Hodges#7197 (Eulithis gracilineata)

Species Eulithis gracilineata - Greater Grapevine Looper - Hodges#7197

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Internet References
Greater Grapevine Looper - Eulithis gracilineata Greater Grapevine Looper - Hodges#7197 - Eulithis gracilineata Greater Grapevine Looper Moth - Eulithis gracilineata 7197 Greater Grapevine Looper - Eulithis gracilineata Greater Grapevine Looper Moth - Eulithis gracilineata Greater Grapevine Looper - Eulithis gracilineata Greater grapevine looper - Eulithis gracilineata Greater grapevine looper - Eulithis gracilineata
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Larentiinae
Tribe Hydriomenini
Genus Eulithis
Species gracilineata (Greater Grapevine Looper - Hodges#7197)
Hodges Number
7197
Size
Wingspan 35-40 mm
Identification
A text description is needed that explains how to reliably distinguish photos of this species from the similar Lesser Grapevine Looper (Eulithis diversilineata). See sample images of both species in link below.
Internet References
pinned adult images of three E. diversilineata and two E. gracilineata specimens (CBIF)
Strickland Museum species page, with description, size, habitat, range, life history
Contributed by Cotinis on 13 January, 2006 - 3:59pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, anitagould
Last updated 4 July, 2010 - 10:36pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2012 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact