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Cerastis Ochsenheimer, 1816

Cerastis Ochsenheimer, 1816; Schmett. Eur. 4: 84, TS: Noctua rubricosa Denis & Schiffermüller
Glaeae Ochsenheimer, 1816; Schmett. Eur. 4: 84 (unavailable)
Cerastia Stephens, 1850; List. Spec. Br. Anim. Colln Br. Mus. 5 (Lepidoptera): 79 (emend.)
Sora Heinemann, 1859; Schmett. Dtl. Schweitz 1: 459 (preocc. Sora Walker, 1859), TS: Noctua leucographa Denis & Schiffermüller

= ; [NACL, 157]; [POOLE]; [NE3, 200]; [MNA27.3, 38]

Matuta Grote, 1874; Can. Ent. 6 (6) : 116, TS: Matuta catherina Grote

= ; [NACL, 157]; [POOLE]; [NE2, 182]; [MNA27.3, 38]

Metalepsis Grote, 1875; Checklist of Noctuidae of America North of Mexico. I: 25, TS: Pachnobia cornuta Grote

= ; [MNA27.3, 38]

Gypsitea Tams, 1939; Entomologist 72: 135 (repl. Sora Heinemann, 1859), TS: Noctua leucographa Denis & Schiffermüller

= ; [NACL, 157]; [POOLE]; [NE3, 200]; [MNA27.3, 38]

Facastis Beck, [1992]; Atalanta 22 (2/4): 188, TS: Cerastis faceta Treitschke

= ; [NE3, 200]; [MNA27.3, 38]

Metalepsis (Noctuini) ; [NACL, 157]
Metalepsis (Noctuinae) ; [POOLE]
Cerastis (Noctuinae) ; [POOLE]
Cerastis (Noctuini) ; [NACL, 157]; [MNA27.3, 38]
Cerastis ; [NE2, 182]; [NE3, 200]

Cerastis rubricosa ([Schiffermüller], 1775)

EU, Turkey, Siberia, Japan. See [About maps] Sinikevätmaayökkönen Red Chestnut Rotbraune Frühlings-Bodeneule
Noctua rubricosa [Schiffermüller], 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 77, TL: Vienna district
Phalaena (Noctua) mucida Esper, 1790; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (40): pl. 148, f. 4

= ; [POOLE]; [NE2, 183]

Phalaena (Noctua) mucida Esper, [1803]; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 2 (Abs. 1) (51): 482
Phalaena (Noctua) pilicornis Brahm, 1791; Ins. Kalend. 2: 193, TL: -

= ; [POOLE]; [NE2, 183]

Noctua rufa Haworth, 1809; Lepid. Britannica (2): 232, TL: England

= ; [POOLE]; [NE2, 183]

Noctua mista Hübner, [1813]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [4] : pl. 109, f. 509, TL: Europe

= ; [POOLE]; [NE2, 183]

pallida Tutt, 1892

= ; [NE2, 183]

arctica Schneider, 1906

= ; [NE2, 183]

norwegica Strand, 1906

= ; [NE2, 183]

f. semiconfluens Lempke, 1939

= ; [NE2, 183]

f. clausa Lempke, 1962

= ; [NE2, 183]

f. juncta Lempke, 1962

= ; [NE2, 183]

f. nigrescens Lempke, 1962

= ; [NE2, 183]

f. obsoleta Lempke, 1962

= ; [NE2, 183]

Cerastis rubricosa, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Cerastis rubricosa, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Cerastis rubricosa, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Cerastis rubricosa ; [POOLE]; [NE2: 183, pl. 10, f. 7-20]; [NE3, 201]

512x768 (~44Kb) larva Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Großvillars, Derdinger Horn (8°48'E, 49 02'N, 270m), 21.05.2000, Photo © Karl Hofsäß

585x736 (~102Kb) Russia: Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 26.4.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov

500x497 (~35Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, m 6-9.5.1981, f 6-12.5.1995, Markku Savela leg.

Flight from end of April to first half of June.

Larva on Alnus incana, Chamaenerion angustifolium, Lysimachia vulgaris, Vaccinium myrtillus

Cerastis faceta (Treitschke, 1835)

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, Portugal, Sicily, Italy. See [About maps] Noctua faceta Treitschke, 1835; Schmett. Eur. 10 (2): 35, TL: Italy, Naples
Orthosia amicta Donzel, 1847; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 5 : 527, pl. 8, f. 3, TL: France, Hyeres

= ; [POOLE]; [NE2, 184]

Noctua variicollis Delahaye, 1886; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) 6 : lxiii, TL: Algeria, Marengo

= ; [POOLE]; [NE2, 184]

ab. livida Bytinski-Salz, 1937

= ; [NE2, 184]

Cerastis faceta, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Cerastis faceta ; [POOLE]; [NE2: 184, pl. 10, f. 25-28]; [NE3, 201]

Cerastis leucographa ([Schiffermüller], 1775)

from (Denmark, S.Sweden, S.Finland, CEU) - S.Siberia, Japan. See [About maps] Rusokevätmaayökkönen White-marked
Noctua leucographa [Schiffermüller], 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 83, TL: Germany, Sachsen
Cerastis cervina Hübner, [1821]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (15): 228, TL: Europe

= ; [POOLE]; [NE2, 184]

Noctua lepetitii Boisduval, [1837]; Icon. hist. Lépid. Europ. 2: pl. 34, f. 2, TL: Europe

= ; [POOLE]; [NE2, 184]

f. suffusa Tutt, 1892

= ; [NE2, 184]

f. rufa Tutt, 1892

= ; [NE2, 184]

f. umbrata Feichtenberger, 1962

= ; [NE2, 184]

Cerastis leucographa, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Cerastis leucographa, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Cerastis leucographa ; [POOLE]; [NE2: 184, pl. 10, f. 21-24]; [NE3, 201]

616x606 (~93Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 26.4.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov	692x722 (~99Kb) male Russia, Moscow area, 16.4.2010 (36°25'E, 56°23'N), Photo © D. Smirnov	565x689 (~97Kb) male Russia, Moscow area, 17.4.2010 (36°25'E, 56°23'N), Photo © D. Smirnov
500x251 (~18Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, m 6-12.5.1995, Markku Savela leg.

Flight from end of April to first half of June.

Larva on Rumex, Vaccinium, Rhinanthus, Galium

Cerastis tenebrifera (Walker, 1865)

Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Quebec, S.Ontario, North Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Kansas. See [About maps] Hadena tenebrifera Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 727, TL: West Canada
Matuta catherina Grote, 1874; Can. Ent. 6 (6) : 116, TL: Ontario, St. Catherines

= ; [NACL, #10994]; [POOLE]; [MNA27.3, 42]

Agrotis manifestolabes Morrison, 1875; Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 17 : 166, TL: Massachusetts

= ; [NACL, #10994]; [POOLE]; [MNA27.3, 42]

Cerastis tenebrifera, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Cerastis tenebrifera, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Cerastis tenebrifera, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Cerastis tenebrifera ; [NACL, #10994]; [POOLE]
Cerastis (Cerastis) tenebrifera ; [MNA27.3, 41]

Cerastis orientalis Boursin, 1948

SE.Siberia. See [About maps] Cerastis orientalis Boursin, 1948; Z. Wien. Ent. Ges. 33: 128, pl. 3, f. 11-12, pl. 14, f. 65 (m.gen), TL: E.Siberia, Nikolsk-Ussurijsk
Cerastis orientalis ; [POOLE]; [NE2, 183 (note)]

Cerastis pallescens (Butler, 1878)

Japan, SE.Siberia. See [About maps] Semiophora pallescens Butler, 1878; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 1 (2): 166, TL: Japan, Yokohama
Taeniocampa lata Staudinger, 1892; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 6 : 496, pl. 9, f. 5, TL: Askold, Amur district

= ; [POOLE]

Cerastis pallescens ; [POOLE]; [NE2, 183 (note)]

Cerastis fishii (Grote, 1878)

E.Canada - Manitoba, Maine, Wisconsin, North Carolina. See [About maps] Agrotis fishii Grote, 1878; Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 4 : 175, TL: Oldtown, Maine
Epipsilia? heinrichi Barnes & Benjamin, 1929; Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 24 : 165, TL: Lakehurst, New Jersey

= ; [NACL, #10997]; [POOLE]; [MNA27.3, 43]

Cerastis fishii, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Cerastis fishii, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
C. fishii, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Metalepsis fishii ; [NACL, #10997]; [POOLE]
Cerastis (Metalepsis) fishii ; [MNA27.3, 42]

Cerastis cornuta (Grote, 1874)

California. See [About maps] Pachnobia cornuta Grote, 1874; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 2 : 68, TL: [California]
Cerastis cornuta, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Cerastis cornuta, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Metalepsis cornuta ; [NACL, #10995]; [POOLE]
Cerastis (Metalepsis) cornuta ; [MNA27.3, 43]

Cerastis robertsoni Lafontaine & Crabo, 1997

California. See [About maps] Cerastis (Metalepsis) robertsoni Lafontaine & Crabo, 1997; J. Lep. Soc. 51 (3) : 246, TL: Big Creek Reserve, Monterey Co., California
Cerastis robertsoni, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Cerastis (Metalepsis) robertsoni ; [MNA27.3, 44]

Cerastis enigmatica Lafontaine & Crabo, 1997

Alaska - California. See [About maps] Cerastis (Metalepsis) enigmatica Lafontaine & Crabo, 1997; J. Lep. Soc. 51 (3) : 242, TL: Vancouver, British Columbia
Cerastis enigmatica, Pacific Northwest Moths [PNWM]
Cerastis enigmatica, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Cerastis enigmatica, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Cerastis (Metalepsis) enigmatica ; [MNA27.3, 44]

Cerastis gloriosa Crabo & Lafontaine, 1997

Washington, Oregon, California. See [About maps] Cerastis (Metalepsis) gloriosa Crabo & Lafontaine, 1997; J. Lep. Soc. 51 (3) : 239, TL: Grays Harbor Co., North Bay Bog, 0.6mi N of the North Bay of Grays Harbor, Washington
Cerastis gloriosa, Pacific Northwest Moths [PNWM]
Cerastis gloriosa, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Cerastis (Metalepsis) gloriosa ; [MNA27.3, 45]

Cerastis salicarum (Walker, 1857)

E.Canada - British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska, New Jersey, Ohio, W.Maryland, Montana. See [About maps] Hydraecia salicarum Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 717, TL: St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson Bay
Agrotis claviformis Morrison, 1874; Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 17 : 162, TL: Massachusetts

= ; [NACL, #10996]; [POOLE]; [MNA27.3, 45]

Pachnobia orilliana Grote, 1875; Can. Ent. 7 (8) : 154, TL: Orillia

= ; [NACL, #10996]; [POOLE]

Cerastis salicarum, Pacific Northwest Moths [PNWM]
Cerastis salicarum, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Cerastis salicarum, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Metalepsis salicarum ; [NACL, #10996]; [POOLE]
Cerastis (Metalepsis) salicarum ; [MNA27.3, 45]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[ESP]

Heppner, 1981; The dates of E. J. C. Esper's Die Schmetterlinge in Abblidungen... 1776-[1830]; Archives of Natural History (1981) 10 (2): 251-254

[GALEPS]

Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[JLS]

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles

[Karl Hofsäß]

Karl Hofsaess; e-mail: Karl Hofsäß

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MNA27.3]

Lafontaine, 1998; The Moths of America North of Mexico, 27.3; NOCTUOIDEA; Noctuidae (part): 348pp

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NE2]

Fibiger, 1993; Noctuidae Europaeae 2; Noctuinae II

[NE3]

Fibiger, 1997; Noctuidae Europaeae 3; Noctuinae III

[PNWM]

Pacific Northwest Moths

[POOLE]

Poole, 1989; Lepidopterorum catalogus (n.s.) 118 - Noctuidae

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

Some related literature:

Barnes & Benjamin, 1929

Lepidopterological contributions Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 24 : 164-186

Beck, [1992]

Taxonomische Änderungen bei den Noctuinae, Cuculliinae und Plusiinae Atalanta 22 (2/4): 175-232

Boisduval, [1837]

Icones historiques des Lépidoptères d'Europe, nouveaux ou peu connus. Volume 2 Icon. hist. Lépid. Europ. 2: pl. ?71-84

Boursin, 1948

Neue palaearktische Agrotis-Arten aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien nebst synonymie-notizen Z. Wien. Ent. Ges. 33: 33: 97-136, 14pls

Boursin, 1955

Die "Agrotis"-arten aus Dr. h.c. Höne's Chine-ausbeuten. (Beitrag zur Fauna Sinica). III. Die gattungen Phalaena L. (Naenia Steph.), Eurois Hb., Anaplectoides McDunn. und Cerastis O. Z. wien. ent. Ges. 40: 216-224

Brahm, 1791

Insekten Kalender für Sammler und Oekonomen. Handbuch der Oeconomischen Insecten Geschichte in Form eines Kalenders Bearbeit Ins. Kalend. 2: 558pp

Butler, 1878

Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from Japan. Part II. Noctuites Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 1 (1): 77-85, (2): 161-169, (3): 192-204, (4): 287-295

Crabo & Lafontaine, 1997; Lafontaine & Crabo, 1997

A revision of the Cerastis cornuta group of the genus Cerastis subgenus Metalepsis (Noctuidae) J. Lep. Soc. 51 (3) : 237-248

Delahaye, 1886

[... d'une nouvelle espèce (Noctua variicollis) découverte en Algérie] Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) 6 : lxiii-lxiv,[63-64]

Donzel, 1847

Description de Lépidoptéres nouveaux Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 5 : 525-530, pl. 8

Esper, 1790

Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil IV. Die Eulenphalenen Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (29): 1-16, pl. 80-85 (Noct. 1-6) (1786), (30): 17-32, pl. 86-91 (Noct. 7-12) (1786), (31): 33-48, pl. 92-97 (Noct. 13-18) (1787), (32): 49-64, pl. 98-103 (Noct. 19-24) (1787), (33): 65-80, pl. 104-109 (Noct. 25-30) (1787), (34): 81-96, pl. 110-115 (Noct. 31-36) (1787), (35): 97-112, pl. 116-121 (Noct. 37-42) (1787), (36-37): 113-144, pl. 122-133 (Noct. 43-54) (1788), (38): 145-160, pl. 134-139 (Noct. 55-60) (1788), (39): 161-176, pl. 140-145 (Noct. 61-66) (1789), (40): 177-192, pl. 146-151 (Noct. 67-72) (1790), (41): 193-208, pl. 152-155, 99B, 105B (Noct. 73-76) (1790), (42-44): 209-320, pl. 156-167, 117A (Noct. 77-88) (1791), (45-46): 321-352, pl. 168-177, 125B, 125C (Noct. 89-98) (1791), (47): 353-372, pl. 178-183 (Noct. 99-104) (1794)

Esper, [1803]

Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil IV. Die Eulenphalenen Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 2 (Abs. 1) (48): 373-420, pl. 184-186 (Noct. 105-107) (1796), (Abs. 1) (49-50): 421-464, pl. 187-191 (Noct. 108-112) (1798), (Abs. 1) (51): 465-496, pl. [192],[193] (Noct. 113-114) ([1799-1803]), (Abs. 1) (52): 497-536, pl. 194-195 (Noct. 115-116) (1804), (Abs. 1) (53): 537-632, pl. 196 (Noct. 117) (1804), (Abs. 1) (54): 633-698, pl. 197-198 (Noct. 118-119) (1805), (Abs. 2) (49-50): 1-44 (1798), (Abs. 2) (51): 45-54 ([1799-1803]), (Abs. 2) (52): 55-62 (1804), (Abs. 2) (53): 63-85 (1805)

Grote, 1874

List of the Noctuidae of North America Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 2 : 1-77, 1pl

Grote, 1874

New Canadian Noctuae Can. Ent. 6 (6) : 115-118

Grote, 1875

Description of Pachnobia orilliana Can. Ent. 7 (8) : 154-155

Grote, 1875

Checklist of the Noctuidae of America North of Mexico. I. Bombycidae and Noctuelitae (Nonfasciatae) Checklist of Noctuidae of America North of Mexico. I: 28pp

Grote, 1878

Descriptions of Noctuidae, chiefly from California Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 4 : 169-187

Haworth, 1809

Lepidoptera Britannica, sistens digestimen novam lepidopterorum quae in Magna Britannica reperiunter ... adjunguntur dissertationes variae ad historiam naturalam spectantes Lepid. Britannica (1): 1-136 (1803), (2): 137-376 ([1809]), (3): 377-512 ([1811]), (4): 513-609 (1828)

Hübner, [1813]

Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. IV. Noctuae - Eulen ("Dritte Band") Samml. eur. Schmett. [4] : 155-194, : pl. 1-74, f. 1-345 (1800-1803), : pl. 75-86, f. 346-405 (1803-1808), : pl. 87-96, f. 406-455 (1808-1809), : pl. 97-134, f. 456-615 (1809-1813), : pl. 135-139, f. 616-638 (1814-1817), : pl. 140-141, f. 639-647 (1818-1819), : pl. 142-150, f. 648-697 (1819-1822), : pl. 151, f. 698-703 (1823), : pl. 152-156, f. 704-732 (1823-1824), : pl. 157, f. 733-736 (1825-1826), : pl. 158-160, f. 737-752 (1827-1828), : pl. 161-162, f. 753-765 (1828-1830), : pl. 163-169, f. 766-802 (1828-1832), : pl. 170-171, f. 803-812 (1832-1833), : pl. 172-176, f. 813-839 (1834), : pl. 177-179, f. 840-853 (1834-1835), : pl. 180, f. 854-858 (1834-1835), : pl. 181, f. 859-863 (1836), : pl. 182, f. 864-868 (1836-1838), : pl. 183, f. 869-873 (1837-1838), : pl. 184-185, f. 874-882 (1838), : [7], 8-24 (1834?)

Hübner, [1821]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Morrison, 1875

Description of new Noctuidae Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 17 : 131-166

Staudinger, 1892

Die Macrolepidopteren des Amurgebiets. I. Theil. Rhopalocera, Sphinges, Bombyces, Noctuae in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 6 : 83-658, pl. 4-14

Treitschke, 1835

Die Schmetterlinge von Europa Schmett. Eur. 10 (2): 1-340

Walker, 1857

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 1-252 (1856), 10: 253-492 ([1857]), 11: 493-764 (1857), 12: 765-982 ([1858]), 13: 983-1236 ([1858]), 14: 1237-1520 (1858), 15: 1521-1888 (1858)

Walker, 1865

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]), 32: 323-706 (1865), 33: 707-1120 (1865), 34: 1121-1534 ([1866]), 35: 1535-2040 (1866)

Zetterstedt, 1839

Insecta Lapponica Insecta Lapponica : 1-1014 ([1839]), : 1015-1140 (1840)

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