Cucullia improba

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Cucullia improba
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cucullia
Species:
C. improba
Binomial name
Cucullia improba
Christoph, 1885
Synonyms
  • Cucullia leptographaReisser, 1958

Cucullia improba is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the south-eastern Caucasus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Jordan and Israel.

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

The larvae probably feed on Artemisia species.

Subspecies


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