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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 mcdunnoughi - Hodges#10208 (Cucullia mcdunnoughi)

Species Cucullia mcdunnoughi - Hodges#10208

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 mcdunnoughi (Cucullia mcdunnoughi - Hodges#10208)
Hodges Number
10208
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cucullia mcdunnoughi (Henne, 1940)
Copicucullia mcdunnoughi Henne, 1940
Phylogenetic sequence # 931532 (1)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 36 species of the genus Cucullia in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Forewing length 16-18 mm. (2)
Identification
Henne (1940) original description as Copicucullia mcdunnoughi is available in the print references.
Range
California(3) and Arizona to British Columbia. (4), (5)
Season
The flight period appears to be March to August with the peak from June to July. (4), (2)
Food
Henne reared from Stephanomeria species (wirelettuce).
See Also
Cucullia basipuncta - PM line is fairly distinct. PM line of mcdunnoughi is typically absent. (6)
Print References
Henne, C., 1940. Two new species of Lepidoptera from California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 39: 73.
Poole, R.W., 1995. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 63; pl. 2, figs. 35-36. (6)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (2)
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Noctuoidea of Canada
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.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
6.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae.
Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 December, 2013 - 9:06pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 27 June, 2022 - 9:05am

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