Clover Looper - Caenurgina crassiuscula
Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) / Moths / Noctuidae (Owlet Moths --
Hodges #s 8322 - 11233)
Live adult moths photographed at
Winfield, DuPage County IL June, 2005. Wingspan as pictured: 15mm
Forewing light brown; female with two contrasting darker
bars on wing, male with bars not contrasting in color but bars outlined in a
darker color. Larvae feed on clover, alfalfa, grasses, and ragweed. There
are two or three generations a year.