Common name: Four-spotted gluphisia Hodges #:
7933
Identification: Rfw 17.9 mm, with pale yellow scales filling part
of the basal line and reniform spot; reniform frequently an elongate
black (yellow filled) 'v-shape' spot resembling a flying bird.
Eyes hairy; hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs.
Similar species: 7931,
7935,
7937,
7939,
7930, 7673.
Distribution: southern Canada and northern United
States east of the Rockies.
Hosts: Larval feed on Poplars- Populus spp.
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ND. Rollette Co.,
International Peace
Gardens, 10- VII- 1967. J. Johnson.
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