Genus Caenurgina

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Internet References

Vetch Looper Moth ? - Caenurgina erechtea

Forage Looper - Caenurgina erechtea - female

Looper Idenification - Caenurgina erechtea

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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 Caenurgina

Numbers

5 species in North America (Nearctica.com)

4 species in Canada; only 2 east of Alberta (CBIF)

Range

Represented coast to coast in US and Canada; only 2 species occur in the east (crassiuscula and erechtea)

Remarks

Due to the similarity in spelling, the genus Caenurgina is sometimes confused with Caenurgia, a genus in the same subfamily and tribe as Caenurgina.

Internet References

pinned adult images of all four species in Canada (CBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 January, 2005 - 4:15am
Last updated 29 June, 2006 - 10:43pm

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