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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 postera - Hodges#10198 (Cucullia postera)

Species Cucullia postera - Hodges#10198

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Cucullia postera - Hodges #10198 - Cucullia postera

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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 postera (Cucullia postera - Hodges#10198)

Hodges Number

10198

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cucullia postera Guenée, 1852

Phylogenetic sequence # 931509 (1)

Numbers

Size

Wingspan 40 to 42 mm.

Forewing length 20-22 mm. (2)

Range

Occurs across northern North America and south from Idaho to Arizona and California.

Season

The main flight period appears to be May to September. (3)

See Also

Several Cucullia species are similar.

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (3)

Print References

Poole, R.W., 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.; p. 38; pl. 1.9-12.(4)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (2)

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (6)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

2.	Pacific Northwest Moths

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

6.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 March, 2011 - 8:15am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 September, 2014 - 11:25pm

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