Coenophila opacifrons

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

The Blueberry Dart or Plain-faced Blueberry Dart (Coenophila opacifrons) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found 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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