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Species of moth

Cerastis faceta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cerastis
Species: C. faceta
Binomial name
Cerastis faceta
(Treitschke, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Noctua faceta Treitschke, 1835
  • Orthosia amicta Donzel, 1847
  • Noctua variicollis Delahaye, 1886
  • Cerastis faceta ab. livida Bytinski-Salz, 1937

Cerastis faceta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Treitschke in 1835. It is found in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, as well as on Corsica, Sardinia, Malta and Sicily.

The wingspan is 30–32 mm. Adults are on wing from February to April.

The larvae are polyphagous on low-growing plants, including Taraxacum and Lactuca species. They feed by night and rest underground by day.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Noctuidae.de
  4. "Recent records of Noctuidae from Malta, with five species new to the European fauna, and a new subspecies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-18.

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Cerastis faceta


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