Cucullia gnaphalii

Cucullia gnaphalii
Cucullia gnaphalii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cucullia
Species: C. gnaphalii
Binomial name
Cucullia gnaphalii
(Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
  • Noctua gnaphalii Hubner, 1813
  • Cucullia occidentalis Boursin, 1944

The Cudweed (Cucullia gnaphalii) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland and most of the Balkan Peninsula)[1] to Turkey, Transcaucasia, Mongolia and Sayan.[2]

Larva

The wingspan is 38-46 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.[3] There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the flowers and leaves of Solidago virgaurea, Solidago canadensis, Artemisia absinthium and Artemisia vulgaris. The species overwinters in the pupal stage, in a tough earthen cocoon usually among surface debris or sometimes underground.[4]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Cucullia at funet
  3. ^ UKmoths
  4. ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium
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