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Cerastis fishii is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in eastern North America from Newfoundland to southern Ontario in Canada. In the United States, it is found from western Maine to Ohio, Michigan, and northern Wisconsin, then south to North Carolina. It has also been recorded from Tennessee.

Cerastis fishii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Cerastis
Species:	C. fishii
Binomial name
Cerastis fishii (Grote, 1878)
Synonyms
Agrotis fishii Grote, 1878 Metalepsis fishii (Grote, 1878) Metalepsis heinrichi (Barnes & Benjamin, 1929)

The wingspan is 30–36 mm. Adults are on wing from March to June.

The larvae feed on the flowers and leaves of blueberry.

External links

• Bug Guide
• The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A.

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