Cucullia tanaceti

Species of moth

Cucullia tanaceti

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Noctuidae
Genus:  | Cucullia
Species:  |

C. tanaceti

Binomial name
Cucullia tanaceti

(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Synonyms

* Noctua tanaceti Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
* Cucullia beata Rothschild, 1920

Caterpillar of Cucullia tanaceti

Cucullia tanaceti is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.

## Description[edit]

Cucullia tanaceti has a wingspan of 40–48 millimetres (1.6–1.9 in). Adults have greyish-brownish wings, while caterpillars are white with yellow longitudinal lines and black markings. Adults are on the wing from April to early June and from July to September.

It is a bivoltine species. In summer the larvae feed on Achillea, Tanacetum, Anthemis, Santolina, Ormenis, while in autumn they feed on Artemisia. Pupation last two years.

## Distribution[edit]

This species is widespread in Europe, Near East, Asia Minor, Iran and Turkestan.

## Habitat[edit]

They prefer xerophilous areas, dry sunny slopes and rocky places.

## References[edit]

* Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cucullia tanaceti​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
* Catalogue of Life
* BioLib
* Fauna Europaea
* Savela, Markku, ed. (August 19, 2020). "Cucullia tanaceti (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
* Lot Moths and Butterflies

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cucullia tanaceti.

* Lépidoptères de France
* Lepiforum e. V.
* Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q13504626
* BioLib: 53544
* BOLD: 196767
* CoL: 6BPJ6
* EoL: 475990
* EUNIS: 310937
* Fauna Europaea: 449338
* Fauna Europaea (new): 0c0c7d10-531b-423a-a614-2e37a9ab628b
* GBIF: 5109686
* iNaturalist: 780067
* LepIndex: 259310
* NCBI: 2561181

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