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The reddish speckled dart (Cerastis tenebrifera) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Newfoundland to South Carolina, west to Texas, north to Nebraska and southern Ontario.

Cerastis tenebrifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Cerastis
Species:	C. tenebrifera
Binomial name
Cerastis tenebrifera (Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
Hadena tenebrifera Walker, 1865 Matuta catherina Grote, 1874 Agrotis manifestolabes Morrison, 1875

The wingspan is 30–40 mm. Adults are on wing from March to June.

Larvae have been reared on Lactuca, Vitus, Taraxacum officinale, Rubus idaeus, Salix petiolaris, Prunus virginiana, Betula papyrifera and Vaccinium myrtilloides.

External links

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

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