Cucullia calendulae

Cucullia calendulae

''Cucullia calendulae'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is widespread in all parts of the Mediterranean Basin, from northern Africa to Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Iran and Afghanistan.

Adults are on wing from November to April. There is one generation per year.
Cucullia calendulae Cucullia calendulae, final stage larvae. Very grateful to have a backyard garden in times of quarantine. This one was eating my Calendula a while ago :) Cucullia calendulae,biodiversity,butterfly,heterocera,insecta,insects,lepidoptera,moth,noctuidae,spring

Food

The larvae feed on Asteraceae species, including ''Calendula'', ''Achillea'', ''Anthemis'' and ''Ormenis''. In Egypt it has been recorded on ''Chrysanthemum coronarium''.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNoctuidae
GenusCucullia
SpeciesC. calendulae
Photographed in
Portugal