Cucullia boryphora

Cucullia boryphora
Cucullia boryphora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cucullia
Species: C. boryphora
Binomial name
Cucullia boryphora
Fischer de Waldheim, 1840
Synonyms
  • Cucullia lignata Guenée, 1841
  • Cucullia rimula Freyer, 1841

Cucullia boryphora is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the semi-arid and xeromountain areas of the Near East and Middle East, from the European part of southern Russia to Turkestan, the western Himalayas (northern Pakistan), Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

Adults are on wing from February to April. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on Artemisia species.

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