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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) » Camphorweed Cucullia - Hodges#10192 (Cucullia alfarata)

Species Cucullia alfarata - Camphorweed Cucullia - Hodges#10192

Classification · Hodges Number · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 alfarata (Camphorweed Cucullia - Hodges#10192)
Hodges Number
10192
Range
Missouri to southern NY south to FL and AR (1)
Food
Larvae feed on Camphorweed (Heterotheca spp.) and Goldenaster
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Nearctica by Robert W. Poole
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
adult images
caterpillar image
Works Cited
1.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 15 October, 2007 - 10:23pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 27 January, 2024 - 9:54am

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