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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 incresa - Hodges#10212 (Cucullia incresa)

Species Cucullia incresa - Hodges#10212

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Cucullia incresa
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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 incresa (Cucullia incresa - Hodges#10212)
Hodges Number
10212
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cucullia incresa (Smith, 1910)
Copicucullia incresa Smith, 1910(1)
Synonym:
Cucllia jemezensis Dyar, 1922
Size
Smith (1910) listed the wingspan 37-40 mm.(1)
Identification
Smith (1910) original description as Copicucullia incresa is available online.(1)
Poole mentions two keys distinguishing from C. antipoda.
The male hindwing is either pure white or white with light brown accenting on the veins
The frontal ridge of the head is usually developed into a large, roughly triangular protuberance that is normally much more pronounced than in C. antipoda.(2)
Range
California, Nevada, northwestern Arizona; Baja California.(3)(2)
Type specimens from Claremont, California.
See Also
Cucullia antipoda
Print References
Smith, J. 1910. New species of Noctuidae for 1910 Number 1. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 18:97.(1)
Internet References
Nearctica.com(2)
Moth Photographers Group(3)
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System(4)
Works Cited
1.New species of Noctuidae for 1910 Number 1
John B. Smith. 1910. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 18:85-98.
2.Nearctica: Nomina Insecta Nearctica
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 29 June, 2018 - 12:11am
Last updated 29 June, 2018 - 1:40am

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