Genus Caenurgina

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References

Forage Looper - Caenurgina erechtea - Caenurgina erechtea

Erebidae: Caenurgina crassiuscula? - Caenurgina erechtea

Erebidae: Caenurgina erechtea - Caenurgina erechtea

Black-tipped Ptichodis Moth?? - Caenurgina erechtea

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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

Numbers

5 species in North America (Nearctica.com)

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

Identification

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

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.

The two species C. crassiuscula - the Clover Looper, and C. erechtea - the Forage Looper are sometimes very difficult to distinguish, and it should be noted that some of the species posted here on BugGuide may well be misidentified, although every effort is made to place them under the correct species. Some specimens are not identifiable from photographs alone.

Internet References

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

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 January, 2005 - 4:15am
Additional contributions by David Ferguson, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 7 March, 2019 - 11:55am

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