Cucullia verbasci (Linnaeus, 1758)

mullein moth

on Verbascum, etc.

Griekenland, Lefkas, Katouna, 2.vi.2023 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Scrophulariaceae, oligophagous

Buddleja davidii; Scrophularia canina, nodosa; Verbascum blattaria, densiflorum, gaillardotii, giganteum & subsp. martinezii, lychnitis, nigum, phlomoides, pulverulentum, sinuatum, thapsus.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

synonyms

Shargacucullia verbasci.

references

Doğanlar & Üremiş (2014a), Ebert (ed., 1997b), Freytag (1997a), Heinrich & Springborn (1986a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Huertas Dionisio, Vázquez García & Sánchez Gullón (2013a), Kravchenko, Fibiger, Muller & Ronkay (2005a), Lepiforum (2021), Marabuto (2018a), Marabuto, Pires & Corley (2013a), Peslier (2000a), pyrgus.de (2023), Reuhl (1974a), Steiner (1989a), Žikić, Ritt, Colacci, ao (2019a).