A Vetch Looper Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (10/6/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/23/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
A Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/20/2016). Identification verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA and Curtis Lehman/iNaturalist.
A Vetch Looper Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (4/27/2018). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/17/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
A Vetch Looper Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/2/2016). Determined by Kyhl Austin/BugGuide.
Vetch Looper Moth in Kent Co., Maryland (6/25/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/4/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/24/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
A Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/14/2012).
Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/18/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (11/6/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/26/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
A Vetch Looper Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2018). Determined by Marcia Morris/BugGuide.
A Vetch Looper Moth.
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A Vetch Looper Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (10/6/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/23/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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A Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/20/2016). Identification verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA and Curtis Lehman/iNaturalist.
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A Vetch Looper Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (4/27/2018). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/17/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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A Vetch Looper Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/2/2016). Determined by Kyhl Austin/BugGuide.
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Vetch Looper Moth in Kent Co., Maryland (6/25/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/4/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/24/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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A Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/14/2012).
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Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/18/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (11/6/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Vetch Looper Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/26/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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A Vetch Looper Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2018). Determined by Marcia Morris/BugGuide.
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| Vetch looper moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Caenurgia |
| Species: | C. chloropha
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| Caenurgia chloropha | |
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Caenurgia chloropha, the vetch looper moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. It is found in the south-eastern United States,[3] northern Mexico and Cuba.[4] Strays may be found as far north as southern Ontario.
The wingspan is about 27–36 mm.[5] There are two or more generations per year with adults on wing from April to October.
The larvae feed on vetch and other legumes. Full-grown larvae may be found from May onward.
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- ^ "930938.00 – 8733 – Caenurgia chloropha – Vetch Looper Moth – (Hübner, 1818)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Caenurgia chloropha (Hubner 1818)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ^ McLeod, Robin (August 29, 2012). "Species Caenurgia chloropha - Vetch Looper Moth - Hodges#8733". BugGuide. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ^ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2013.
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America