Coenophila opacifrons

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Coenophila opacifrons
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Coenophila
Species:
C. opacifrons
Binomial name
Coenophila opacifrons
(Grote, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Agrotis opacifronsGrote, 1878
  • Eugraphe subrosea opacifrons
  • Coenophila opacifrons
  • Semiophora opacifrons(Grote, 1878)
  • Graphiphora opacifrons(Grote, 1878)
  • Anomogyna opacifrons(Grote, 1878)

Coenophila opacifrons, the blueberry dart or plain-faced blueberry dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878. It is found in North America from Labrador and Newfoundland, south to New Jersey, west across the boreal forest to eastern British Columbia, south in the mountains to southern Montana.

The wingspan is 32–38 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Chamaedaphne calyculata , Vaccinium and Myrica gale .

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