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 195 verified sightings
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
Observation date: Mar 06, 2022
Submitted by: Bill Uttenweiler
Region: Brevard County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 07, 2022
Observation date: Aug 29, 2021
Submitted by: Bill Uttenweiler
Region: Brevard County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 30, 2021
Observation date: Jun 19, 2021
Submitted by: Mark Salvato
Region: Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 06, 2021
Observation date: May 30, 2021
Submitted by: jnchandler
Region: Aiken County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 16, 2021
Observation date: Apr 16, 2021
Submitted by: D Grimes
Region: Brooks County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Apr 18, 2021
Observation date: May 19, 2020
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe (Elizabeth Anderegg)
Region: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 21, 2021
Observation date: Jun 18, 2019
Submitted by: kcthetc1
Region: Greenville County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 21, 2021
Observation date: Jul 10, 2020
Submitted by: Elizabeth Wolfe
Region: Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Feb 06, 2021
Observation date: Jul 04, 2020
Submitted by: donh1298
Region: Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jan 02, 2021
Observation date: Jun 09, 2018
Submitted by: Elizabeth Wolfe
Region: Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 19, 2020
Observation date: May 25, 2019
Submitted by: Mark Wheeler
Region: Washington County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Mark Wheeler
Verified date: Dec 12, 2020
Observation date: Jul 05, 2017
Submitted by: birder89
Region: Blount County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 12, 2020
Observation date: Aug 30, 2020
Submitted by: JMJaskula
Region: Boone County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 29, 2020
Observation date: Aug 02, 2020
Submitted by: Mark Salvato
Region: Alachua County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 18, 2020
Observation date: Jul 09, 2020
Submitted by: jnchandler
Region: Aiken County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 31, 2020
Observation date: Jul 03, 2020
Submitted by: Jean Fontaine
Region: Greenville County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 15, 2020
Observation date: Jun 21, 2020
Submitted by: elopm
Region: Johnson County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Jun 22, 2020
Observation date: Jun 03, 2020
Submitted by: elopm
Region: Johnson County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Jun 11, 2020
Observation date: May 19, 2020
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe (Elizabeth Anderegg)
Region: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 25, 2020
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