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Subfamily Cuculliinae

Sawfly - Cucullia convexipennis Pink and Yellow CAT - Cucullia florea Brown Hooded Owlet (just molted) - Cucullia convexipennis caterpillar on goldenrod  - Cucullia asteroides brown-hooded owlet - Cucullia convexipennis Cucullia asteroides? - Cucullia Cucullia serraticornis - male Cucullia antipoda
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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cuculliinae Herrich-Schäffer, [1850]
* formerly included the tribe Xylenini.
Explanation of Names
Cuculliinae from the type genus Cucullia (Schrank), Latin meaning "hood." (1)
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.