Species Lycia ypsilon - Woolly Gray - Hodges#6652

Adult - Forewings short, broad; white, grayish white, or pale gray in median area, basal and subterminal areas dark gray, grayish black, or brown, terminal area gray; cross lines black, prominent; t. a. line arising on costa one-fourth distance from base, broadly outwardly curved, swinging basally to meet inner margin one-fifth distance from base; discal spot present in most specimens, large, diffuse; median line arising at middle of costa, incorporating discal spot, curving basally, and remaining close to t. p. line, sometimes partially fusing with latter until just before inner margin, then swinging basally; t. p. line arising on costa three-fourths distance from base, S-shaped, with strong basal bend on or near cubital vein, meeting inner margin two-thirds distance from base; s. t. line indicated mainly by change in color from subterminal to terminal areas, and having basal, black costal dash near apex; terminal line represented by small, dark intravenular dots; fringe concolorous with wing. Hind wings grayish white or light gray, with variable number of scattered darker scales; intradiscal line represented in lower part of wing only; discal dot large, prominent; extradiscal line complete, outwardly dentate on veins, and with broad basal bend in lower part of wing; s. t. line pale gray, weakly indicated; terminal line absent; fringe concolorous with wing.

Larava - One of only a handful of brightly colored inchworms in the East (3)

Forbes, S.A. 1885. Fourteenth report of the State Entomologist on the noxious and beneficial insects of the state of Illinois, Third Annual Report of S. A. Forbes, for the year 1884. Trans. Illinois Dept. Agr., 22: vii + 136, 12 pls.

Rindge, Frederick H. 1975. A revision of the New World Bistonini, (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 156, article 2.(5)