Cerastis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
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| Cerastis rubricosa | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subtribe: | Noctuina |
| Genus: | Cerastis Ochsenheimer, 1816 |
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Species
- Cerastis faceta (Treitschke, 1835)
- Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – white-marked
- Cerastis orientalis Boursin, 1948
- Cerastis pallescens (Butler, 1878)
- Cerastis robertsoni Crabo & Lafontaine, 1997
- Cerastis rubricosa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – red chestnut
- Cerastis tenebrifera – reddish speckled dart
- Cerastis violetta Boursin, 1955
Subgenus Metalepsis
- Cerastis cornuta (Grote, 1874)
- Cerastis enigmatica Crabo & Lafontaine, 1997
- Cerastis fishii (Grote, 1878)
- Cerastis gloriosa Crabo & Lafontaine, 1997
- Cerastis salicarum (Walker, 1857)
References
- Cerastis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- 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)[permanent dead link]