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Cucullia lychnitis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Striped Lychnis (Shargacucullia lychnitis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found throughout most parts of Europe the Near East and Middle East (Lebanon, Israel, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Iraq). The wingspan is 42–47 mm. Adults are on wing from February to April in the eastern parts of its range. In Britain it is on wing from June to July. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on Verbascum (including Verbascum lychnitis, Verbascum nigrum and Verbascum austriacum) and Celsia species.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Verbascum longicarpum[1]
Verbascum lychnitis (white mullein)[1]
Verbascum pulverulentum (violetstamen mullein)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0