Cerastis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Noctuinae
Tribus: Noctuini
Subtribus: Noctuina
Genus: Cerastis
Species: C. aspira – C. cornuta – C. enigmatica – C. faceta – C. flagellata – C. fishii – C. gloriosa – C. griseiorbis – C. leucographa – C. orientalis – C. pallescens – C. robertsoni – C. rubricosa – C. salicarum – C. tenebrifera – C. violetta
Name

Cerastis Ochsenheimer, 1816

Type species: Noctua rubricosa Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
References

Boursin, C., 1955: Die "Agrotis"-Arten aus Dr. h. c. H. Höne's China-Ausbeuten (Beitrag zur Fauna Sinica). III. Die Gattungen Phalaena L. (Naenia Steph.), Eurois Hb., Anaplectoides Mc Dunn. und Cerastis O. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der "Agrotidae-Trifinae" LXXII/72). Zeitschrift der Wiener Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 40: 216- 224.
Crabo, L. & J.D. Lafontaine, 1997: A revision of the Cerastis cornuta group of the genus Cerastis subgenus Metalepsis (Noctuidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 51 (3): 237–248. Full article: [1].
Gyulai, P.; Ronkay, L.; Saldaitis, A. 2011: New Noctuidae species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Zootaxa, 2896: 46–52. Preview.
Gyulai, P., Ronkay, L.A. & Saldaitis, A. 2011. New Noctuidae species from China and the Himalayas (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 16: 166–197. PDF. Reference page.
Hreblay, M. & L. Ronkay, 1997: New Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) species from Taiwan and the adjacent areas. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 43 (1): 21–83.
Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 Reference page.
Ronkay, G., Ronkay, L.A., László, G.M., Fu, C.M. & Wu, S., 2013: The Atlas of the Noctuidae (s. l.) Fauna of Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Part I. Noctuidae: Noctuinae and Plusiinae. Fibigeriana Supplement 1: 9-122. Reference page.

Cerastis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Species

Cerastis faceta (Treitschke, 1835)
Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – white-marked
Cerastis orientalis Boursin, 1948
Cerastis pallescens (Butler, 1878)
Cerastis robertsoni Crabo & Lafontaine, 1997
Cerastis rubricosa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – red chestnut
Cerastis tenebrifera – reddish speckled dart
Cerastis violetta Boursin, 1955

Subgenus Metalepsis

Cerastis cornuta (Grote, 1874)
Cerastis enigmatica Crabo & Lafontaine, 1997
Cerastis fishii (Grote, 1878)
Cerastis gloriosa Crabo & Lafontaine, 1997
Cerastis salicarum (Walker, 1857)

References
Cerastis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crabo, Lars and J. Donald Lafontaine. 1997. A Revision of the Cerastis cornuta group of the geunus Cerastis subgenus Metalepsis (Noctuidae)[permanent dead lin