Clover Looper – Caenurgina crassiuscula

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths — Hodges #s 8322 – 11233)  Live adult moths photographed at Winfield, DuPage County Ilinois.

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.

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