Cucullia improba

Cucullia improba is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1885. It is found in the south-eastern Caucasus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Jordan and Israel.

Cucullia improba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 leptographa Reisser, 1958

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

The larvae probably feed on Artemisia species.

Subspecies

  • Cucullia improba improba
  • Cucullia improba muelleri (Israel)
  • Kravchenko, V. D.; Fibiger, M.; Muller, G. & Ronkay, L. (March 2005). "The Cuculliinae of Israel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 33 (129): 83–95.


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