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
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 164 verified sightings
Observation date: Oct 06, 2019
Submitted by: Dave Webb
Region: Harford County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 08, 2019
Observation date: Sep 23, 2019
Submitted by: TomObrock
Region: Lee County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 07, 2019
Observation date: Sep 01, 2019
Submitted by: reupurtbones
Region: Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 01, 2019
Observation date: Aug 04, 2019
Submitted by: Howell_Curtis
Region: Harrison County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: Howell_Curtis
Verified date: Aug 10, 2019
Observation date: Jul 27, 2019
Submitted by: robert.emond
Region: Leon County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 06, 2019
Observation date: Jul 22, 2019
Submitted by: ridgeboy
Region: Polk County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 23, 2019
Observation date: Apr 08, 2017
Submitted by: billd
Region: Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jul 14, 2019
Observation date: May 01, 2019
Submitted by: caw33iii
Region: Wake County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 04, 2019
Observation date: Apr 15, 2019
Submitted by: cosmic_cat
Region: Texas, Marion County, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Apr 17, 2019
Observation date: Apr 12, 2019
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Apr 17, 2019
Observation date: Mar 11, 2019
Submitted by: wlu
Region: Brevard County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 12, 2019
Observation date: Jul 17, 2018
Submitted by: Rose A. Payne
Region: Bibb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Feb 11, 2019
Observation date: Oct 18, 2018
Submitted by: elopm
Region: Johnson County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Dec 09, 2018
Observation date: Oct 08, 2018
Submitted by: elopm
Region: Johnson County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Dec 03, 2018
Observation date: Aug 26, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 14, 2018
Observation date: Oct 07, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 14, 2018
Observation date: Oct 21, 2018
Submitted by: hydapse
Region: Harris County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Oct 21, 2018
Observation date: Oct 08, 2018
Submitted by: cosmic_cat
Region: Texas, Marion County, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Oct 21, 2018
Observation date: May 04, 2018
Submitted by: wlu
Region: Brevard County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: May 06, 2018
Observation date: Apr 27, 2018
Submitted by: Dave Webb
Region: Harford County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Apr 28, 2018
Observation date: Apr 02, 2018
Submitted by: sari
Region: Harris County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Apr 13, 2018
Observation date: Mar 17, 2018
Submitted by: Jonathan Clark
Region: Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Mar 24, 2018
Observation date: Aug 25, 2017
Submitted by: Theenglishking
Region: Banks County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Nov 18, 2017
Observation date: Sep 28, 2017
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Galveston County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Oct 24, 2017
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