Cucullia argentina

Cucullia argentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cucullia
Species: C. argentina
Binomial name
Cucullia argentina
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Noctua argentina Fabricius, 1787

Cucullia argentina is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from central Turkey throughout the Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, southern Russia, Kazahstan and Afghanistan to Mongolia.

Adults are on wing from April to May and from July to August. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Artemisia species.

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