A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (4/13/2018).

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A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/23/2014). Verified by Fyn Kynd/BugGuide.

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A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (3/11/2016).

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A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/17/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (4/19/2014).

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A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/9/2014).

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Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (4/6/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 358188 - Psn: 45)

Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (4/6/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/4/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 773794 - Psn: 45)

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A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (3/28/2014).

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Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/27/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 284257 - Psn: 55)

Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/27/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved (Photo ID: 1467542 - Psn: 55)

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A Reddish Speckled Dart in Woodbridge, Virginia (4/8/2013).

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A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Talbot Co., Maryland (4/10/2013).

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A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/17/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (3/26/2020). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 284298 - Psn: 65)

Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (3/26/2020). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (3/23/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 353217 - Psn: 66)

Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (3/23/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (4/16/2015).

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A male Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (3/29/2003).

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A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (3/30/2005).

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Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/4/2025). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 1225648 - Psn: 200)

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Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/3/2026). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>) (Photo ID: 1482772 - Psn: 200)

Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/3/2026). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (4/13/2018). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/23/2014). Verified by Fyn Kynd/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Robert Hill.

A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (3/11/2016). View Record Details Media by Jonathan Willey.

A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/17/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Emily Stanley.

A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (4/19/2014). View Record Details Media by Mike Burchett.

A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/9/2014). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (4/6/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (3/28/2014). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/27/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist.

A Reddish Speckled Dart in Woodbridge, Virginia (4/8/2013). Media by Judy Gallagher.

A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Talbot Co., Maryland (4/10/2013). View Record Details Media by Jim Brighton.

A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/17/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (3/26/2020). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Hans Holbrook.

Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (3/23/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (4/16/2015). View Record Details Media by Rod Burley.

A male Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (3/29/2003). View Record Details Media by Larry Line.

A Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (3/30/2005). View Record Details Media by Larry Line.

Reddish Speckled Dart Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/3/2026). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) View Record Details Media by Frode Jacobsen.

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Reddish speckled dart

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Cerastis
Species:	C. tenebrifera
Binomial name
*Cerastis tenebrifera* (Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
Hadena tenebrifera Walker, 1865 Matuta catherina Grote, 1874 Agrotis manifestolabes Morrison, 1875

Cerastis tenebrifera, the reddish speckled dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Newfoundland to South Carolina, west to Texas, north to Nebraska and southern Ontario.

The wingspan is 30–40 mm. Adults are on wing from March to June.

Larvae have been reared on Lactuca, Vitis, Taraxacum officinale, Rubus idaeus, Salix petiolaris, Prunus virginiana, Betula papyrifera and Vaccinium myrtilloides.

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Taxon identifiers
Cerastis tenebrifera	Wikidata: Q5063706 BAMONA: Cerastis-tenebrifera BOLD: 50751 BugGuide: 103180 CoL: SJZN EoL: 454603 GBIF: 5110863 iNaturalist: 216431 IRMNG: 10915085 ITIS: 188740 LepIndex: 252079 MONA: 10994 NatureServe: 2.114545 NCBI: 1488750 Open Tree of Life: 3206316

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Reddish Speckled Dart Moth

Cerastis tenebrifera (Walker, 1865)

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