---
title: "Shargacucullia verbasci"
description: "Cucullia verbasci — Insetti e ragni. The mullein moth (Cucullia verbasci) is a noctuid moth with a Palearctic distribution."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mullein-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Shargacucullia verbasci

> Cucullia verbasci — Insetti e ragni. The mullein moth (Cucullia verbasci) is a noctuid moth with a Palearctic distribution.

- Scientific name: *Cucullia verbasci*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7742
- Wikidata: [Q1574132](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1574132)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61970](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61970)

## Names

- en: Mullein Moth
- de: Königskerzen-Mönch
- es: Polilla de la gordolobo
- fr: Cucullie du bouillon blanc
- it: Shargacucullia verbasci
- nl: Kuifvlinder
- pl: Shargacucullia verbasci

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2747), DE (887), FR (769), IT (334), DK (328), AT (232), ES (224), CZ (150), CH (125), HU (70), NL (63), PT (60)

## Summary

The mullein moth (Cucullia verbasci) is a noctuid moth with a Palearctic distribution. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullein_moth

## Photo

![Shargacucullia verbasci](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mullein-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Teresa Prandi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120312577

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mullein-moth?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).