Cerastis rubricosa

Red chestnut
Caterpillar
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Cerastis
Species:	C. rubricosa
Binomial name
Cerastis rubricosa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Noctua rubricosa [Schiffermüller], 1775 Phalaena (Noctua) mucida Esper, 1790 Phalaena Noctua pilicornis Brahm, 1791 Noctua rufa Haworth, 1809 Noctua mista Hübner, [1813]

Cerastis rubricosa, the red chestnut, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in most of Europe, east through the temperate regions of the Palearctic east to Japan. In the north it is found just north of the Arctic Circle. Southward it is found up to the Mediterranean Basin and Turkey.