TL: Europe
Habitat
- Forest edges
- Meadows
- Mixed forests
42-56 mm
47-54 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyKukléřka mléčová 
DanskGrå hætteugle 
DeutschSchatten-Mönch 
EnglishShark 
FrançaisOmbrageuse 
LietuviųPaprastoji kukulija 
MagyarGyakori csuklyásbagoly 
NederlandsGrauwe monnik 
NorskVanlig hettefly 
PolskiKapturnica mleczówka 
SlovenčinaMora mliečová 
SuomeksiKellerväkaapuyökkönen 
SvenskaGrått kapuschongfly 
РусскийКапюшонница серая
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Asteraceae Cichorium endivia Asteraceae Crepis Hawk's-beard Asteraceae Hieracium Hawkweed Asteraceae Hypochaeris Cat's ear Asteraceae Leontodon Hawkbit Asteraceae Picris hieracioides Hawkweed Oxtongue Asteraceae Sonchus arvensis Field milk thistle Asteraceae Taraxacum Dandelion
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Cucullia sonchi Heinemann, 1859 Cucullia clarior Fuchs, 1904 Cucullia albida Spuler, 1908
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland Robert Thompson, Brian Nelson Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner Lepidoptera of Crimea Владимир Савчук Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger North American Moth Photographers Group Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Moths Ian Kimber
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