- Cerastis
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Cerastis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Cerastis
Ochsenheimer, 1816Synonyms - Metalepsis Grote, 1875
- Facastis Beck, 1991
Cerastis is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
Species
- Cerastis enigmatica Crabo & Lafontaine, 1997
- Cerastis faceta (Treitschke, 1835)
- Cerastis gloriosa Crabo & Lafontaine, 1997
- Cerastis leucographa – White-marked
- Cerastis orientalis Boursin, 1948
- Cerastis pallescens (Butler, 1878)
- Cerastis robertsoni Crabo & Lafontaine, 1997
- Cerastis rubricosa – Red Chestnut
- Cerastis tenebrifera – Reddish Speckled Dart
- Cerastis violetta Boursin, 1955
Subgenus Metalepsis
- Cerastis cornuta (Grote, 1874)
- Cerastis fishii
- Cerastis salicarum (Walker, 1857)
References
- Cerastis at funet.fi
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Crabo, Lars and J. Donald Lafontaine. 1997. A Revision of the Cerastis cornuta group of the geunus Cerastis subgenus Metalepsis (Noctuidae)
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