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Insect Identification > Description of the Forage Looper Moth
 

Details of the Forage Looper Moth

CATEGORY:
Butterfly or Moth

COMMON NAME:
"Forage Looper Moth"

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
(Caenurgina erechtea)

TAXONOMY:
(View Orders)
Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Arthropoda
   Class:Insecta
    Order: Lepidoptera
     Family: Noctuidae
      Genus: Caenurgina
       Species: erechtea


CHARACTERISTICS: As caterpillars, looper moths tend to move with a looping gait.

Moths are usually seen feeding on grasses, clover and ragweed.


ADULT SIZE (Length, not including legs):
30mm to 40mm (1.18in to 1.57in) (Compare Size)

IDENTIFYING COLORS: brown; cream; white

North American Reach
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas
 
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Picture of Forage Looper Moth
Courtesy of Patty H. from Appleton, WI

     

 

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