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Species Cucullia mcdunnoughi - Hodges#10208

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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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