Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
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 eulepis - Hodges#10209  (Cucullia eulepis)

Species Cucullia eulepis - Hodges#10209

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
10209 - Cucullia eulepis Noctuiid moth - Cucullia eulepis Noctuidae: Cucullia eulepis - Cucullia eulepis Cucullia eulepis Cucullia eulepis Cucullia eulepis Cucullia eulepis Owlet Moth - Cucullia eulepis
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
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 eulepis (Cucullia eulepis - Hodges#10209 )
Hodges Number
10209
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cucullia eulepis (Grote(1), 1876) (1)
Cleophana eulepis Grote, 1876
Synonyms
Cucullia bistriga (Smith, 1892) (2)
Copicucullia mala (Smith, 1908)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931529 (3)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 36 species of the genus Cucullia in America north of Mexico. (3)
Size
Forewing length 14-16 mm. (4)
Identification
Grote (1876) original description as Cleophana eulepis is available online in the print references.
Range
British Columbia to southern California, Arizona and western Colorado. (5), (6)
Season
Adults have two flights from March to October. (4), (7)
Food
Larval host is uncertain, but one California specimen was reared from Stephanomeria exigua (small wirelettuce).
Remarks
Listed as Copicucullia eulepis on the Utah checklist. (5)
See Also
Cucullia astigma
Cucullia cucullioides
Print References
Grote, A.R. 1876. On Noctuidae from the Pacific Coast of North America. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences [1875-1877]. 3: 86.
Poole, R.W., 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 61; pl. 2.29-30.(8)
Smith, J.B. 1892. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of boreal America: Revision of the genus Cucullia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 15: 48. (2)
Smith, J.B. 1908. New species and genera of the lepidopterous family Noctuidae for 1907. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 18: 118.
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (4)
Moth Photographers Group (7)
Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (9)
Lepbarcoding.org
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of boreal America: Revision of the genus Cucullia
John B. Smith. 1892. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 15(890): 35-52.
3.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 .
4.Pacific Northwest Moths
5.Survey of Utah Moth Species
6.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
7.North American Moth Photographers Group
8.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae.
Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
9.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 September, 2011 - 10:53am
Last updated 14 November, 2013 - 9:46am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact