The Asteroid
Cucullia asteroides Guenée, 1852
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Cuculliinae
Identification: Forewing whitish gray with brown and blackish shading along costa that widens toward apex; brown to blackish border of inner margin widens at anal angle. Pm. line reduced to a white crescent at inner margin. Hindwing white with grayish brown border.
Wing Span: 4.4-5.6 cm.
Life History:
Flight: May-September.
Caterpillar Hosts: Flowers of asters, goldenrods, and other composites.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Newfoundland to Florida, west to Manitoba, Arkansas, and Mississippi.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 265 - 275 of 275 verified sightings
Observation date: Sep 30, 2008
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Colin Gillette)
Region: Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Mar 11, 2009
Observation date: Sep 02, 2008
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Jo Ann Poe-McGavin)
Region: Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Mar 02, 2009
Observation date: Sep 21, 2008
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Cody Hough)
Region: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (David Wagner)
Verified date: Jan 28, 2009
Observation date: Aug 10, 1996
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Region: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Oct 24, 2008
Observation date: Aug 28, 2006
Submitted by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Region: Story County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Jul 27, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Floyd County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Aug 29, 2003
Submitted by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: May 31, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Aug 14, 2003
Submitted by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Aug 14, 2003
Submitted by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Aug 14, 2003
Submitted by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
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