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Cerastium arvense
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Cerastium arcticum |
Cerastium (Mouse-ear chickweed) is a genus of plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. In Biological classification, family ( Latin The Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of Flowering plants The species are Dicotyledons
Cerastium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora chalcogrammella (which feeds exclusively on Cerastium arvense) and Coleophora striatipennella (which has been recorded on Cerastium fontanum). A larva ( Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of Animal with indirect development, undergoing Metamorphosis (for example Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. Coleophora is a very large genus of Moths of the family Coleophoridae with around 1000 described species Coleophora is a very large genus of Moths of the family Coleophoridae with around 1000 described species