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Eulithis gracilineata

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Greater grapevine looper
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eulithis
Species:
E. gracilineata
Binomial name
Eulithis gracilineata
(Guenée, 1858)

Eulithis gracilineata, the greater grapevine looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from eastern Canada south to Florida. It has also been collected west to Saskatchewan and central Alberta, where it is rare.

The wingspan is 35–40 mm.

The larvae feed on Vitis and Parthenocissus species.