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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 » Forage Looper - Hodges#8739 (Caenurgina erechtea)
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Moth - Caenurgina erechtea
Copyright © 2009 Beatriz Moisset

Moth - Caenurgina erechtea
Horsham Trail, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 8, 2008
Southeastern PA
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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 20 January, 2009 - 4:09pm
Last updated 31 December, 2018 - 7:26am

Moved
Moved from Caenurgina.
… David J. Ferguson, 29 November, 2013 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Caenurgia. Agreed on genus Caenurgina. :)
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 20 January, 2009 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

 
some explanation...
Hi Ted, this was a discussion on Caenurgina c. and e. between some pretty well informed members--maybe it will help?
… Nina, 20 January, 2009 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Nina!
Great explanation on a very nice image.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 20 January, 2009 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

Thanks all
It looks like we can be sure of the genus at least.
… Beatriz Moisset, 20 January, 2009 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

Clover looper...
I believe this is C. crassiuscula based on the banding patterns and other features, but I wonder if these two species (erechtea & crassiuscula) may be interbreeding which is blurring the characteristics used to distinguish them.
… Ross Hill, 20 January, 2009 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

Caenurgina?
Hi Beatriz, this one reminds me of Clover Looper, Caenurgina crassiuscula or Forage Looper, C. erechtea
… Nina, 20 January, 2009 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Caenurgina
I believe its a Forage Looper (Caenurgina erechtea).
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 20 January, 2009 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

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