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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) » Cucullia laetifica - Hodges#10191 (Cucullia laetifica)

Species Cucullia laetifica - Hodges#10191

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Is this some sort of owlet caterpillar? If yes or no, does someone know what it is specifically? - Cucullia laetifica

Cucullia laetifica - Hodges #10191 - Cucullia laetifica

Cucullia laetifica Lintner - Cucullia laetifica

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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 laetifica (Cucullia laetifica - Hodges#10191)

Hodges Number

10191

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cucullia laetifica Lintner, 1875

Cucullia cita Grote, 1883

Cucullia hartmanni French, 1888

Phylogenetic sequence # 931519

Size

Hampson (1906) listed the wingspan 44-46 mm.

Identification

Hampson described the larva. description.

Range

Arizona to Texas, Kansas to Utah.

Nearctica.com map (1)

Habitat

Short grass prairie and desert shrub. (1)

Season

Adults fly May through September.

Food

Larval hostplant is Chrysothamnus sp. (rabbitbush)

HOSTS database lists Boerhavia sp. (spiderling)

See Also

Many Cucullia species are similar and can be difficult to determine from photos.

Print References

French, 1888. The Canadian Entomologist, (4): 69

Grote, 1883. Papilio, 3 (4): 75

Hampson, 1906. Cat. Lep Phalaenae Brit. Mus. 6 (Noctuidae): 52.

Poole, R.W., 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 49; pl. 1.32-33.(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

nearctica.com (1)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

2.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 September, 2009 - 6:20pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 September, 2014 - 6:47pm

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