Cucullia argentina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from central Turkey throughout the Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, southern Russia, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan to Mongolia.
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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. argentina
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| Cucullia argentina (Fabricius, 1787)
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Adults are on wing from April to May and from July to August. There are two generations per year.[1]
The larvae feed on the flowers of Artemisia species.
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