Species Caenurgia chloropha - Vetch Looper Moth - Hodges#8733

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

Daytime moth ID needed - Caenurgia chloropha

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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

Species chloropha (Vetch Looper Moth - Hodges#8733)

Hodges Number

8733

Size

wingspan about 25 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG

Identification

Adult: forewing light to medium brown, paler toward base, and sometimes with reddish tinge distally; wing crossed by four indistinct lines, slightly darker than ground color; AM line arc-shaped, slightly concave (a distinctive feature); small black dot near costa between first and second lines; large blackish reniform spot halfway along postmedial line; subterminal line composed of several evenly-spaced black dots

Range

southeastern United States

Remarks

Because of the similarity in spelling, this genus (Caenurgia) is sometimes confused with Caenurgina, a genus in the same subfamily and tribe as Caenurgia.

This species is listed for Ontario in the NHIC database here but the species name does not appear on the Moths of Canada site.

See Also

Caenurgina erechtea forewing AM line curves outward near inner margin; both eastern Caenurgina species usually have double dark spot along costa near apex (see photos of both eastern species of Caenurgina at CBIF)

Internet References

live and pinned adult images by various photographers, plus common name reference (Moth Photographers Group)

14 pinned adult images and collection site map showing southeastern distribution (All-Leps)

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

common name reference (conserveonline.org)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 June, 2005 - 12:10am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 29 August, 2012 - 12:03am

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