Cerastis rubricosa (Red Chestnut)
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Cerastis rubricosa (Red Chestnut)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Articulate animals (Arthropoda)
Class: Insects (Insecta)
Order: Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Group: Macro-moths ("Macro-heterocera")
Family: Owlet moths (Noctuidae)
Subfamily: Noctuinae
Genus: Cerastis
Species: Red Chestnut (Cerastis rubricosa)
Norwegian name: Fiolett vårfly
Host plants: Alnus (Alder), Alnus incana (Grey Alder), Fragaria, Galium, Lysimachia, Plantago, Rumex, Salix (Willows, Sallows and Osiers), Senecio, Stellaria, Taraxacum (Dandelion), Vaccinium
Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info