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Diarsia rubifera, the red dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from coast to coast and from central and southern Canada and the northern United States. In the east it occurs as far south as western North Carolina, and in the west it has been recorded from south-western Montana and south-western Colorado. It has been recently recorded from Tennessee.

Diarsia rubifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Diarsia
Species:	D. rubifera
Binomial name
Diarsia rubifera (Grote, 1875)
Synonyms
Agrotis rubifera Grote, 1875 Noctua cynica Smith, 1898 Noctua perversa (Strand, 1916) Diarsia rubifera perumbrosa (Dyar, 1904)

The wingspan is about 29 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.

External links

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

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