Celiptera frustulum

Celiptera frustulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Celiptera
Species:	C. frustulum
Binomial name
	Celiptera frustulum; Guenée, 1852[1]
Synonyms
	Litomitus elongatus Grote, 1864; Celiptera elongatus (Grote, 1864); Remigia discissa Walker, 1865; Celiptera discissa (Walker, 1865);

The black bit moth (Celiptera frustulum) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in eastern North America, as far north as Ontario.

The wingspan is 34–41 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June in two generations.

The larvae feed on Robinia pseudoacacia.

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