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Greater Grapevine Looper Moth

Eulithis gracilineata

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 14, February 14, March 23, April 44, May 85, June 40, July 41, August 52, September 28, October 23, November 15, December 13.
United States2,096
Canada472
Ontario355
New York271
Maryland224
Virginia216
Pennsylvania152
Michigan132
West Virginia111
North Carolina109

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusEulithis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Greater Grapevine Looper Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.