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
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Observation date: Jul 23, 2024
Submitted by: beastbreath
Region: Ingham County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Apr 03, 2025
Observation date: Sep 08, 2024
Submitted by: plawryniuk
Region: Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Sep 09, 2024
Observation date: Sep 01, 2024
Submitted by: Alison Davies
Region: Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Sep 01, 2024
Observation date: Aug 07, 2024
Submitted by: Susan McSwain
Region: Nelson County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 11, 2024
Observation date: Aug 03, 2024
Submitted by: Steven Wilson
Region: Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 06, 2024
Observation date: Jul 27, 2024
Submitted by: robert.emond
Region: Leon County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 04, 2024
Observation date: Jul 27, 2024
Submitted by: ridgeboy
Region: Marion County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 30, 2024
Observation date: Apr 20, 2024
Submitted by: kericson
Region: Polk County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Apr 20, 2024
Observation date: Jul 27, 2018
Submitted by: Rangertsp
Region: Wilson County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 17, 2024
Observation date: Aug 13, 2017
Submitted by: lawandasmithmobley
Region: Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 08, 2024
Observation date: Oct 24, 2023
Submitted by: Susan McSwain
Region: Nelson County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jan 21, 2024
Observation date: Jun 19, 2022
Submitted by: Tommie Rogers
Region: Polk County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jan 18, 2024
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
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