Species Anavitrinella pampinaria - Common Gray - Hodges#6590

6590

genus misspelled Anavitrinelia on many web sites

wingspan 23-34 mm

Adult: forewing varies from medium gray to light yellowish-gray with heavy dark gray or black mottling; first abdominal segment forms pale whitish band, bordered proximally by black line; this black line extends onto base of hindwing and onto forewing, then curves forward but usually breaks before reaching costa; PM line wavy, toothed; ST line white, scalloped or zigzagged; hindwing color and pattern similar to forewing (1)

Larva: light brown twig mimic - head flat-faced, subquadrate, mottled with tan, white, black, and occasionally pink; often with black spots forming dark blotch to either side of triangle; dorsum of thoracic segments with fine, closely-paired black lines; second abdominal segment modestly swollen with low yellowish-orange dorsolateral swelling that includes spiracle; dorsum of eighth abdominal segment bears paired blackened warts

[Caterpillars of Eastern Forests]

throughout North America except the arctic

adults fly from April to October

larvae feed on apple, ash, clover, elm, pear, poplar, willow

Larva; larva; larva; pupa; adult

other members of the tribe Boarmiini, especially Iridopsis and Stenoporpia.