Cucullia lucifuga - Wikipedia

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Cucullia lucifuga


Caterpillar
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Cucullia
Species:	C. lucifuga
Binomial name
*Cucullia lucifuga* (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Noctua lucifuga Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

Cucullia lucifuga is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in north, central and southern Europe east to Japan. It is also present in Tibet and Armenia.

The wingspan is 38–55 mm. There is one generation per year in the north, with adults on wing from May to June. In the warmer regions in the south, there is a second generation with adults on wing from July to August and a partial third generation with adults in October.

The larvae feed on various Asteraceae (or Compositae) species, including Tussilago farfara, Petasites paradoxus, Cirsium arvense, Centaurea phrygia, Sonchus arvensis, Hieracium umbellatum and Taraxacum species.

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Taxon identifiers
Cucullia lucifuga	Wikidata: Q1139650 BioLib: 53525 BOLD: 205557 CoL: 3297Z EoL: 457568 EUNIS: 107 Fauna Europaea: 449317 Fauna Europaea (new): 2d99fd7a-9a99-437b-9f72-2771ad6d87ee GBIF: 5109506 iNaturalist: 502859 LoB: 5133 MaBENA: CuculLucif NCBI: 987917 Observation.org: 152880 Open Tree of Life: 837091

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