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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Acronictinae » Dagger Moths (Acronicta) » Fragile Dagger Moth - Hodges#9241 (Acronicta fragilis)
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Night-wandering Dagger (Acronicta noctivaga) ? - Acronicta fragilis
Copyright © 2017 Richard Ballard

Night-wandering Dagger (Acronicta noctivaga) ? - Acronicta fragilis
Port Hilford, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada
July 12, 2017
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Contributed by Richard Ballard on 27 July, 2017 - 7:58pm
Last updated 28 May, 2020 - 10:40am

Moved
Moved from Night-wandering Dagger Moth.
… Kyhl Austin, 28 May, 2020 - 10:40am login or register to post comments

probably not Acronicta noctivaga
Although size is a bit difficult to judge here, this looks more like a melanic Acronicta fragilis (like the one figured on the Butterflies and Moths of North America website). Note the large, near circular orbicular spot without a central "dot" and the white "W" on the strongly incurved post-median band at the anal edge of forewing. Forewings are also "stubbier" and more "squarish" than in A. noctivaga. Also the white hindwings point to A. fragilis, as they would typically be smokey brown in A. noctivaga.
… Otis, 9 May, 2020 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Kyhl Austin, 27 July, 2017 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

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