Cucullia Lucifuga

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

Short description: Species of moth

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.

External links

Fauna Europaea
Species info on Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie
Lepiforum.de