- Cucullia lilacina
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Cucullia lilacina 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Cucullia Species: C. lilacina Binomial name Cucullia lilacina
Schaus, 1898Synonyms - Cucullia agua Barnes, 1905
Cucullia lilacina is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Mexico and the south-western United States. In the United States, it is found in the mountains of southern Arizona, reaching as far north as the White Mountains in the east and the Grand Canyon in the west. It is also present in most of New Mexico and in western Texas. In Mexico it has been recorded from the Federal District and Veracruz. A single female is known from Juan Vinas in central Costa Rica.
The wingspan is about 42 mm. Adults are on wing from June to October in the United States.
Larvae have been reared on Erigeron divergens.
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