Irish moths

Red Chestnut, Cerastis rubricosa

Family: Noctuidae       Sub-family: Noctuinae

2139     *     Red Chestnut     *     Cerastis rubricosa


Locally common
Wingspan: 32-38mm

Flight time: March-May
Habitat: Deciduous woodland, scrub, gardens and wet moorland

Larval food plants include sallows, Bilberry and bedstraws



Red Chestnut, Cerastis rubricosa


Red Chestnut, Cerastis rubricosa

Red Chestnut, Cerastis rubricosa
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. April 2011

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