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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Euclidiini » Caenurgina » Clover Looper - Hodges#8738 (Caenurgina crassiuscula)

Species Caenurgina crassiuscula - Clover Looper - Hodges#8738

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References

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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 Caenurgina

Species crassiuscula (Clover Looper - Hodges#8738)

Hodges Number

8738

Size

wingspan 30-40 mm; female larger than male

Identification

With clear photos of the forewings, the following descriptions can be applied.

Adult: The dark AM band touches the inner margin of the forewing; [whereas in Caenurgina erechtea, the dark AM band does NOT touch the inner margin].

Scales brushed from terminal end of abdomen in males of C. erechtea and C. crassiuscula

Range

coast to coast in United States and adjacent parts of Canada; in the west to Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Alaska

Habitat

fields, roadsides, waste places; adults are active day and night, and are attracted to light

Season

adults fly from March to November

Food

larvae feed on clover, grasses, and lupines

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.

See Also

In Forage Looper (Caenurgina erechtea) the dark AM band on the forewing does not touch the inner margin.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 January, 2005 - 12:00pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Ken Childs, JoAnneRusso, Steve Morris
Last updated 28 February, 2024 - 7:49am

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