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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 omissa - Hodges#10199 (Cucullia omissa)

Species Cucullia omissa - Hodges#10199

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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 omissa (Cucullia omissa - Hodges#10199)
Hodges Number
10199
Other Common Names
Omitted Cucullia
Alberta Falconer
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cucullia omissa Dod, 1916 (1), (2), (3)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931507
Numbers
There are 36 named Cucullia species found in America north of Mexico.(4), (2)
Size
Forewing length 21-22 mm.
Identification
The original description of Cucullia omissa Dod, is available online and in PDF at the link in the print references below. (3)
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Forewing is purplish gray with brown shading from the apex to the orbicular spot. The black dashes near the inner margin and a weak postmedial line are the only markings.
Cucullia omissa appears to have a smoother look than other Cucullia species. (5), (6)
Range
British Columbia to Newfoundland and south through the New England states. In the West the range extends south to California, Nevada, northern Arizona, and Colorado. (7), (8), (9)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults have been collected from May to September. (8), (5)
Food
Larvae have been reared on parasol whitetop, Aster umbellatus. (10)
Other Aster species are likely. (5)
See Also
Cucullia florea
Cucullia postera
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Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Dod, F.R.W. 1916. Noctuid notes from Western Canada, with descriptions of two new species and a variety. The Canadian Entomologist. 48: 58. (3)
Poole, R.W. 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.1. p. 36; pl. 1.7-8.(10)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Pacific Northwest Moths
nearctica.com
E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum (University of Alberta )
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.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 .
3.Noctuid notes from western Canada, with description of two new species and a variety
F. R. Wolley Dod. 1916. Canadian Entomologist 48: 58-70 .
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
5.Pacific Northwest Moths
6.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
7.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
8.North American Moth Photographers Group
9.Survey of Utah Moth Species
10.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 Maury J. Heiman on 19 December, 2011 - 7:05pm
Last updated 8 April, 2013 - 9:17pm

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