Calocucullia celsiae

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Calocucullia celsiae is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1850. It is found from the Balkans to Turkey, northern Iraq, Armenia, Iran, Israel, Jordan and Lebanon.

Calocucullia celsiae
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C. celsiae
Binomial name
Calocucullia celsiae
Synonyms
  • Cucullia celsiae Herrich-Schäffer, 1850

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

Larvae have been recorded on Hesperis desertorum in Bulgaria.

Subspecies

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  • Calocucullia celsiae celsiae
  • Calocucullia celsiae levantina (Levant)
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  • 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.