Cucullia gnaphalii, the cudweed, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland and most of the Balkan Peninsula)[1] to Turkey, Transcaucasia, Mongolia and Sayan.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Cucullia |
| Species: | C. gnaphalii
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| Cucullia gnaphalii (Hübner, 1813)
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Technical description and variation edit
C. gnaphalii Hbn. (27 e). Like Cucullia xeranthemi, from which it is distinguished by the more rounded orbicular, not 8-shaped; by the absence of a black shade before outer line in submedian fold, while the black line beyond it is thickened and more conspicuous; the outer line being bent at right angles on the fold, its lower half vertical; above vein 4 a black streak from the reniform stigma, interrupted in the middle; a black streak along middle of inner margin; hindwing brownish, the basal half paler, but not nearly so pale as in xeranthemi. Larva deep green; dorsal stripe broad, red-brown; spiracles yellow on an interrupted red-brown streak; head green.[3] The wingspan is 38–46 mm.
Biology edit
Adults are on wing from May to July.[4] There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the flowers and leaves of Solidago virgaurea, Solidago canadensis, Artemisia absinthium and Artemisia vulgaris hiding by day under the leaves close to the ground. The species overwinters in the pupal stage, in a tough earthen cocoon usually among surface debris or sometimes underground.
References edit
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (August 19, 2020). "Cucullia gnaphalii (Hübner, [1813])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "73.054 BF2218 The Cudweed Cucullia gnaphalii (Hübner, [1813])". UKMoths. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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