Biology:Cucullia syrtana

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Short description: Species of moth

Cucullia syrtana
Cucullia sp. (syrtana^) Sharks.Or Lithophane merkii - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cucullia
Species:
C. syrtana
Binomial name
Cucullia syrtana
(Mabille, 1888)

Cucullia syrtana is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Paul Mabille in 1888. It is widely distributed in the desert and semi desert zone from the western Sahara and Morocco to Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Iran. It has also been recorded on Malta and in Greece.

Adults are on wing from November to April. There is probably one generation per year.

Larvae possibly feed on Launaea species.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5192409 entry