Clover looper moth
Caenurgina crassiuscula
The clover looper moth is a medium sized moth from North America. Its caterpillar munches clover and grass. The grown-up moths can be seen flying for most of the year.
Lives in
Across the United States and Canada, up to Alaska, in meadows and grassy fields
Wingspan
3 to 4 cm (1.2 to 1.6 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillars eat clover, grasses and lupines.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 7 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 27 seconds
How big is Clover looper moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Clover looper moth about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Grown-ups fly from March to November, depending on where they live.
2
It lives from coast to coast in the United States and reaches as far north as Alaska and Yukon.
3
It was first described in 1809.
you asked
Most asked questions about Clover looper moth
?What does the clover looper eat?
Its caterpillars eat clover, grasses and lupines.
?How big is the clover looper moth?
Its open wings measure 30 to 40 millimetres.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Caenurgina crassiuscula
- Named by
- Haworth, 1809
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Clover looper, Range grass moth
Where the facts come from
- Caenurgina crassiuscula (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org. CC BY 3.0 us, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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