- Cucullia boryphora
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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, 1840Synonyms - 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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