Biology:Anavitrinella pampinaria

Short description: Species of moth

Anavitrinella pampinaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Tribe:	Boarmiini
Genus:	Anavitrinella
Species:	A. pampinaria
Binomial name
Anavitrinella pampinaria (Guenée, 1857)
Synonyms
Boarmia pampinaria Guenée, 1857 Anavitrinelia pampinaria Anavitrinella frugaliaria (Guenée, 1857) Anavitrinella collecta (Walker, 1860) Anavitrinella psilogrammaria (Zeller, 1872) Anavitrinella fraudulentaria (Zeller, 1872) Cleora pampinaria var. nubiferaria Swett, 1913 Anavitrinella stygia (Franclemont, 1938) (melanic form) Anavitrinella pampinaria erosiata (Walker, 1863)

Anavitrinella pampinaria, the common gray, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in most of North America except the Arctic regions, south to Mexico.

The wingspan is 23–34 mm. The color of the forewing varies from medium gray to light yellowish-gray with heavy dark gray or black mottling. The first abdominal segment forms a pale whitish band, bordered proximally by a black line. This black line extends onto the base of the hindwing and onto the forewing, then curves forward but usually breaks before reaching the costa. The postmedial line is wavy and toothed. The subterminal line is white, scalloped or zigzagged. The hindwing color and pattern is similar to that of the forewing.

Adults are on wing from April to October.

The larvae feed on Malus, Fraxinus, Trifolium, Pyrus, Populus and Salix species. The larvae are light brown and mimic twigs. The head is flat-faced, mottled with tan, white, black and occasionally pink. There are often black spots forming a dark blotch to either side of the triangle.

External links

• "911009.00 – 6590 – Anavitrinella pampinaria – Common Gray Moth – (Guenée, [1858)"]. Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=06590. 
• "Species Details Anavitrinella pampinaria". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. August 2003. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-3951. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4752406 entry