Bug FAQCypress Looper
Cutina albopunctella · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Erebidae
The cypress looper is also called the white-spotted cutina moth. It lives in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The cypress looper is known as the white-spotted cutina moth.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range is North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 14 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Louisiana, Texas, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Same family (Erebidae)
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Salt Marsh MothEstigmene acreaDamages trees, gardens or cropsSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutina_albopunctella
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