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: Apr 30, 2016
Submitted by: Stott Noble
Region: Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Aug 30, 2016
Observation date: May 02, 2016
Submitted by: cosmic_cat
Region: Gregg County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Aug 30, 2016
Observation date: Jul 26, 2016
Submitted by: ddodd
Region: Marshall County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: ddodd
Verified date: Jul 26, 2016
Observation date: Jun 03, 2013
Submitted by: Peter Homann
Region: Leon County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 23, 2016
Observation date: Jul 23, 2016
Submitted by: ridgeboy
Region: Polk County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 23, 2016
Observation date: Apr 29, 2016
Submitted by: Jonathan Clark
Region: Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jul 14, 2016
Observation date: May 29, 2016
Submitted by: Jonathan Clark
Region: La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jul 12, 2016
Observation date: Jun 11, 2016
Submitted by: CA Ivy
Region: Franklin County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jun 12, 2016
Observation date: Jun 07, 2016
Submitted by: CA Ivy
Region: Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jun 07, 2016
Observation date: Apr 22, 2011
Submitted by: Jeff Trahan
Region: Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Feb 15, 2016
Observation date: Feb 12, 2016
Submitted by: cosmic_cat
Region: Texas, Wood County, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Feb 13, 2016
Observation date: Jun 20, 2015
Submitted by: cosmic_cat
Region: Houston County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 18, 2016
Observation date: Sep 10, 2015
Submitted by: CA Ivy
Region: Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Nov 26, 2015
Observation date: Aug 15, 2015
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 25, 2015
Observation date: Oct 20, 2015
Submitted by: Jon Rapp
Region: Boone County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig
Verified date: Oct 31, 2015
Observation date: Sep 04, 2015
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hart County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 04, 2015
Observation date: Sep 24, 2015
Submitted by: K. S. Veitch
Region: Laurel County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 25, 2015
Observation date: Sep 05, 2015
Submitted by: johnmiller
Region: Bradley County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: Ken Childs
Verified date: Sep 08, 2015
Observation date: Aug 14, 2015
Submitted by: ozcomomoths
Region: Ozark County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig
Verified date: Sep 02, 2015
Observation date: Jun 09, 2015
Submitted by: Mike Dillon
Region: Cass County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Aug 18, 2015
Observation date: Aug 04, 2015
Submitted by: Jon Rapp
Region: Christian County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig
Verified date: Aug 11, 2015
Observation date: Aug 09, 2015
Submitted by: Jeff Trahan
Region: Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: Jeff Trahan
Verified date: Aug 10, 2015
Observation date: Aug 02, 2015
Submitted by: S. J. Stedman
Region: Trousdale County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: Ken Childs
Verified date: Aug 05, 2015
Observation date: Jul 10, 2015
Submitted by: Bill Emch
Region: Chester County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 11, 2015
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