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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) » Intermediate Hooded Owlet - Hodges#10194 (Cucullia intermedia)

Species Cucullia intermedia - Intermediate Hooded Owlet - Hodges#10194

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10194 – Cucullia intermedia – Intermediate Hooded Owlet - Cucullia intermedia

Cucullia intermedia - Intermediate Hooded Owlet - Hodges#10194 - Cucullia intermedia

Intermediate Hooded Owlet - Cucullia intermedia

an Intermediate Hooded Owlet moth? - Cucullia intermedia

Noctuidae: Cucullia intermedia - Cucullia intermedia

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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 intermedia (Intermediate Hooded Owlet - Hodges#10194)

Hodges Number

10194

Other Common Names

Intermediate Cucullia

Dusky Hooded Owlet

Numbers

the most common and widespread species of forest-inhabiting Cucullia

Size

wingspan 48 mm

Identification

forewing elongate, medium gray thoroughly steaked with slightly lighter gray and thin black lines along veins but no other conspicuous markings

hindwing grayish-brown, darker toward the margins, and with white fringe

Range

coast to coast across southern Canada and northern United States, south in the west to California

Habitat

deciduous and mixed woodlands

Season

adults fly from May to October

Food

larvae feed on leaves of birch, poplar, willow and other trees and shrubs, plus flowers of wild lettuce (Lactucus spp.) and other members of the daisy family (Asteraceae)

Life Cycle

two generations per year

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 July, 2005 - 3:04pm
Additional contributions by Ethan Kistler, Fyn Kynd, Steve Morris
Last updated 28 March, 2022 - 10:30am

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