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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cuculliinae » Hooded Owlets (Cucullia) » Gray hooded-owlet - Hodges#10197 (Cucullia florea)

Species Cucullia florea - Gray hooded-owlet - Hodges#10197

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Unknown - Cucullia florea Cuculliinae 10197 - Cucullia florea yellow striped caterpillar - Cucullia florea 931508 – 10197 – Cucullia florea – Gray-hooded-Owlet - Cucullia florea Noctuidae: Cucullia florea - Cucullia florea gray hooded owlet? - Cucullia florea Noctuidae, Gray hooded-owlet, cocoon in peat - Cucullia florea Cucullia Larva - Cucullia florea
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Cuculliinae
Genus Cucullia (Hooded Owlets)
Species florea (Gray hooded-owlet - Hodges#10197)
Hodges Number
10197
Identification
Rfw 20.3 mm, fw blue-gray, pm line defined by promimal and distal black scales, hw fuscous darker outwardly.
Range
Southern Canada and northern United States east of Rockies, southward in Appalachians.
Food
Aster, goldenrod, horseweed and likely other composites(1), Fleabane
Life Cycle
Larva; larva; cocoon shelter; adult
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Pacific Northwest Moths
Moths of North Dakota
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario - www.barcodinglife.org - Several pinned images.
Nearctica - Noctuidae of North America
Works Cited
1.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Ron M. on 21 September, 2008 - 2:11am
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor
Last updated 21 November, 2023 - 6:35am

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