Cucullia lucifuga

Short description: Species of moth

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

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

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

See also Wikidata entry Q1139650.

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