Genus Caenurgia

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks · See Also · Internet References

unknown moth, what is it? - Caenurgia chloropha

Vetch Looper Moth, Caenurgia chloropha - Caenurgia chloropha

Oklahoma Erebidae? - Caenurgia chloropha

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Erebidae

Subfamily Catocalinae

Tribe Euclidiini

Genus Caenurgia

Numbers

2 species in North American (nearctica.com)

5 species worldwide (Butterflies and Moths of the World)

Range

southern half of United States

Remarks

spelling of the genus often confused with Caenurgina, a genus of moths in the same subfamily and tribe as Caenurgia

See Also

Caenurgina species

Internet References

live and pinned adult images of Caenurgia chloropha by various photographers (Moth Photographers Group)

live adult image of C. chloropha [mislabeled as a Pyralid] (Darryl Searcy, Alabama)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 25 June, 2005 - 11:48pm
Last updated 29 June, 2006 - 10:26pm

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