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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Euclidiini » Caenurgia

Genus Caenurgia

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks · See Also · Internet References
Moth - Caenurgia chloropha - female Caenurgia togataria Hodges #8733 - Vetch Looper Moth - Caenurgia chloropha - female Vetch Looper - Caenurgia chloropha Hodges #8733 - Vetch Looper Moth - Caenurgia chloropha - male moth - Caenurgia chloropha - female Dark Moth - Caenurgia chloropha - female Caenurgia chloropha - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
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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