Cerastis fishii Grote, 1878 is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cerastis fishii Grote, 1878

Cerastis fishii Grote, 1878

Cerastis fishii is a Noctuidae moth found in eastern North America, with 30–36 mm wingspan and larvae that feed on blueberry.

Family
Genus
Cerastis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cerastis fishii Grote, 1878

Cerastis fishii (Grote, 1878) is a moth species belonging to the family Noctuidae. This moth is distributed in eastern North America. In Canada, it ranges from Newfoundland to southern Ontario. In the United States, it occurs from western Maine to Ohio, Michigan, and northern Wisconsin, extending south to North Carolina, and has also been recorded in Tennessee. The wingspan of Cerastis fishii is 30 to 36 mm. Adult moths are active on the wing from March through June. The larvae of this species feed on the flowers and leaves of blueberry plants.

Photo: (c) Rick Snider, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Rick Snider · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Noctuidae › Cerastis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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