Vetch Looper Moth
Caenurgia chloropha (Hübner, 1818)
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Identification: Forewing pale grayish brown in male, orangish yellow-brown in female. Lines fine, inconspicuous; lower pm. line bulges inward. Note diffuse dark patch beyond pm. line; it is darker in female than in male. Hindwing yellowish with two gray bands in both sexes.
Wing Span: 2.7-3.6 cm.
Life History:
Flight: April-October.
Caterpillar Hosts: Vetch.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Southern Ontario to Florida, west to Kansas and Texas.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 214 verified sightings
Observation date: Aug 05, 2023
Submitted by: datilson
Region: Clarke County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Sep 05, 2023
Observation date: Jun 18, 2023
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Jun 21, 2023
Observation date: Jun 16, 2023
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Jun 19, 2023
Observation date: Feb 24, 2023
Submitted by: datilson
Region: Clarke County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Mar 06, 2023
Observation date: Feb 24, 2023
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Feb 28, 2023
Observation date: Nov 15, 2022
Submitted by: Cheri Phillips
Region: Putnam County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 24, 2022
Observation date: Aug 06, 2022
Submitted by: Jay Brasher
Region: Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 17, 2022
Observation date: Mar 31, 2011
Submitted by: Jeff Trahan
Region: Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: owlbyr
Verified date: Sep 26, 2022
Observation date: Sep 05, 2022
Submitted by: Bill Uttenweiler
Region: Brevard County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 24, 2022
Observation date: Jun 24, 2017
Submitted by: jefferykarafa
Region: Stoddard County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin
Verified date: Sep 19, 2022
Observation date: Mar 18, 2011
Submitted by: richhj@ymail.com
Region: Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: owlbyr
Verified date: Sep 16, 2022
Observation date: Oct 01, 2016
Submitted by: Jon Rapp
Region: Callaway County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin
Verified date: Sep 16, 2022
Observation date: Sep 30, 2016
Submitted by: Jon Rapp
Region: Pettis County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin
Verified date: Sep 15, 2022
Observation date: Aug 01, 2020
Submitted by: Eric Wood
Region: Boone County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin
Verified date: Sep 13, 2022
Observation date: Aug 28, 2022
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Aug 28, 2022
Observation date: Aug 28, 2022
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Aug 28, 2022
Observation date: Aug 05, 2022
Submitted by: Dwaine Wagoner
Region: Natrona County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Aug 18, 2022
Observation date: May 26, 2022
Submitted by: jnchandler
Region: Aiken County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 26, 2022
Observation date: May 24, 2022
Submitted by: JamieLynn
Region: Aiken County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: May 25, 2022
Observation date: May 02, 2022
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: May 14, 2022
Observation date: Mar 24, 2021
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Butts County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Apr 03, 2022
Observation date: Mar 30, 2022
Submitted by: Bill Uttenweiler
Region: Brevard County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 31, 2022
Observation date: Aug 19, 2021
Submitted by: ButterBelle
Region: Putnam County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 31, 2022
Observation date: Sep 05, 2021
Submitted by: Tommie Rogers
Region: Marion County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 09, 2022
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