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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 eccissica - Hodges#10192.1 (Cucullia eccissica)

Species Cucullia eccissica - Hodges#10192.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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 eccissica (Cucullia eccissica - Hodges#10192.1)
Hodges Number
10192.1
Size
forewing length = ~20.81 mm; standard deviation = 1.11 mm (1)
Identification
Detailed description can be found in MONA Fascicle 26-1 (free PDF available) and at Robert Poole's Nearctica, both of which are linked in references and citations below. (1)(2)
Range
southern California and southern and western Arizona (1)
Season
April to May; August to September (1)
See Also
Cucullia speyeri is almost identical but does not overlap the range of eccissica (1)
Cucullia styx is uniformly darker and more nearly black (1)
Cucullia laetifica is also darker and often has conspicuous light blotch in the FW preceding the interception of the PM line and anal dash (1)
Cucullia charon is nearly identical and overlaps the range of eccissica in Arizona. C. eccissica is slightly larger and lighter than charon. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Robert W. Poole's Nearctica
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.
2.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
Contributed by Steve Morris on 5 February, 2023 - 11:29am

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