Cucullia absinthii, the wormwood, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

It is found from Europe to the Caucasus, Turkey, northern Iran, western Siberia, the Altai Mountains, Tien-Shan and Tarbagatai.

Forewing long and narrow with produced apex; abdomen elongate especially in male, with lengthened anal tufts.

[1] The larva is naked except for a few short bristles and greenish with reddish-brown spots.

It is markedly narrowed between the body joints so that it resembles a pearl necklace.