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Cucullia tanaceti is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.

Cucullia tanaceti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Cucullia
Species:	C. tanaceti
Binomial name
Cucullia tanaceti (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Noctua tanaceti Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775 Cucullia beata Rothschild, 1920

Description

Cucullia tanaceti has a wingspan of 40–48 millimetres (1.6–1.9 in). Adults have greyish-brownish wings, while caterpillars are white with yellow longitudinal lines and black markings. Adults are on the wing from April to early June and from July to September.

It is a bivoltine species. In summer the larvae feed on Achillea, Tanacetum, Anthemis, Santolina, Ormenis, while in autumn they feed on Artemisia. Pupation last two years.

Distribution

This species is widespread in Europe, Near East, Asia Minor, Iran and Turkestan.

Habitat

They prefer xerophilous areas, dry sunny slopes and rocky places.

References

• Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cucullia tanaceti". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
• Catalogue of Life
• BioLib
• Fauna Europaea
• Savela, Markku, ed. (August 19, 2020). "Cucullia tanaceti (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
• Lot Moths and Butterflies

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cucullia tanaceti.

• Lépidoptères de France
• Lepiforum e. V.
• Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa

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