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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 eurekae - Hodges#10206.1 (Cucullia eurekae)

Species Cucullia eurekae - Hodges#10206.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Range · Season · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Cucullia eurekae Cucullia eurekae
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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 eurekae (Cucullia eurekae - Hodges#10206.1)
Hodges Number
10206.1
Size
forewing length ~16.04 mm with standard deviation = 0.85 mm (1)
Range
Nevada, western Utah, northwest Arizona (1)
Season
May-June in Utah and Nevada; March in Arizona (1)
See Also
Cucullia antipoda generally flies later, is larger, less dull, and more contrasting. Poole in MONA Fascicle 26-1 does not rule out that eurekae is another form of antipoda. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Pacific Northwest Moths
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae.
Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Steve Morris on 10 June, 2022 - 3:39pm
Last updated 27 January, 2023 - 2:35pm

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