Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Caterpillars of Pacific Northwest
Forests and Woodlands

Eulithis xylina [Geometridae]


Typically a golden amber; black collar around T2; intersegmental rings are pale grey-brown. This species is common on many broadleaf trees and shrubs such as ocean spray, red stem osier, ninebark, and azalea, during June and July.


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