Description of the larva of Cucullia mixta (Freyer) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Matti Ahola; László Ronkay

doi:10.33338/ef.84005

Description of the larva of Cucullia mixta (Freyer) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Authors

Matti Ahola
László Ronkay

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33338/ef.84005

Abstract

The larval foodplant (=Aster linosyris) and certain features of the biology of Cucullia mixta (Freyer, 1842), are examined on the basis of ex ovo rearing. Details of hypopharyngeal complex, labrum and mandible of last instar larvae are given and ornaments are described. Larval characters are compared with those of C. dracunculi (Hübner,[1809-1813]) and C. xeranthemi Boisduval, 1840, species that also feed on Aster.

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Published

1999-06-01

How to Cite

Ahola, M., & Ronkay, L. (1999). Description of the larva of Cucullia mixta (Freyer) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Entomologica Fennica, 10(2), 103–106. https://doi.org/10.33338/ef.84005