Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Large Purplish Gray
Iridopsis vellivolata (Hulst, 1881)


Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Identification: Wings bluish to purplish gray, with warm brown shading in am. and st. areas. Lines black; median and pm. Lines merge toward inner margin.
Wing Span: 3-3.5 cm.
Life History: Larva bores into trunks.
Flight:
Caterpillar Hosts: Pine.
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Comments: NULL
Taxonomy Notes: formerly Anacamptodes vellivolata
Alternate Scientific Names:
Anacamptodes vellivolata