Cerastis faceta

Cerastis faceta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cerastis
Species: C. faceta
Binomial name
Cerastis faceta
(Treitschke, 1835)[1]
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 Noctuidae family. 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.[2]

The wingspan is 30–32 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from February to April.

The larvae are polyphagous on low-growing plants,[4] including Taraxacum and Lactuca species.[5] They feed by night and rest underground by day.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
  4. ↑ noctuidae.de
  5. ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
  6. ↑ Recent records of Noctuidae from Malta, with five species new to the European fauna, and a new subspecies


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