Eulithis explanata

Eulithis explanata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eulithis
Species:
E. explanata
Binomial name
Eulithis explanata
(Walker, 1862)

Eulithis explanata, the white eulithis, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Eulithis explanata is 7206.

Larvae

The larvae of E. explanata are described in the US Forest Service booklets, "Geometroid caterpillars of northeastern and Appalachian forests" as a caterpillar having an "elongate brown to green body [that is] stoutest about the hind segments. The heart is visible as a darkened middorsal stripe. Each abdominal segment may have a pair of short, oblique, dark lines extending back and away from the posterior dorsal seta. The setal bases are lightened. Brownish spots on the head are concentrated over the midline and over the lobes. The spiracles are blackened." Mature larvae are 3 cm long.

Eulithis explanata moth

References

  1. ↑ "Eulithis explanata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Eulithis explanata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Eulithis explanata". Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ↑ Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team (2001). Geometroid caterpillars of northeastern and Appalachian forests (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service.

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