Forage Looper Moth - Caenurgina erechtea
Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) / Moths / Noctuidae (Owlet Moths -- Hodges #s 8322 - 11233) » Catocalinae » Caenurgina
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.

References: Bugguide.net Forage Looper

 
 
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