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''Shargacucullia scrophulariae'', the water betony, is a moth of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

. It is found throughout Europe, east to Turkey.

Technical description and variation

''C. scrophulariae'' Cap. (27 h). Not quite so broad as '' verbasci'', the forewing paler and duller in coloration; the dark brown costal streak overlaid with grey and so paler than those on inner margin; the ground colour below median hardly paler, not strikingly whitish; hindwing much as in verbasci. The wingspan is about 45 mm.

Biology

The moth flies from May to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on '' Scrophularia umbrosa'', '' Scrophularia nodosa'', '' Scrophularia auriculata'', '' Scrophularia canina'', ''

Verbascum lychnitis ''Verbascum lychnitis'', the white mullein, is a flowering plant in the figwort family ( Scrophulariaceae) native to Asia and Europe. It has naturalized in parts of North America. The species was first formally named by Carl Linnaeus Car ...

'' and '' Verbascum thapsus''.

Similar species

''Shargacucullia scrophulariae'' is difficult to certainly distinguish from these congeners. See Townsend et al.Martin C. Townsend, Jon Clifton and Brian Goodey (2010)
''British and Irish Moths: An Illustrated Guide to Selected Difficult Species''
(covering the use of genitalia characters and other features) Butterfly Conservation. *''

Shargacucullia verbasci The mullein moth (''Cucullia verbasci'') is a noctuid moth with a Palearctic distribution. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Description The forewing is broad (for the g ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''

Shargacucullia lychnitis ''Shargacucullia lychnitis'', the striped lychnis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout most parts of Europe the Near East and Middle East (Lebanon, Israel, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Iraq). Technical description a ...

'' (Rambur, 1833)

References

External links

Water Betony (''Cucullia scrophulariae'') on UKmoths

Fauna Europaea ''Cucullia (Shargacucullia) scrophulariae'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Lepiforum.de
Cuculliinae Moths of Europe Moths of Asia Taxa named by Michael Denis Taxa named by Ignaz Schiffermüller {{Cuculliinae-stub