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Cucullia extricata

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Cuculliinae > Genus: Cucullia

Ecological interactions

Amaryllis belladonna (March lily, Belladonna)  
The moth Cucullia extricata visiting flowers of the Belladonna Lily (Amaryllis belladonna), Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]