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Genus Acronicta - Dagger Moths

Yellow-haired Dagger Moth - Acronicta impleta

American dagger caterpillar - Acronicta americana

American Dagger Moth - in Saskatchewan Canada - Acronicta americana

Fingered dagger cat - Acronicta dactylina

Big Spikey Caterpillar! - Acronicta impressa

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Acronictinae

Genus Acronicta (Dagger Moths)

Numbers

77 species in North America (nearctica.com)

40 species in eastern Canada (CBIF)

36 species in western Canada CBIF)

Range

represented throughout North America

also occurs in Eurasia

Internet References

pinned adult thumbnail images of 40 species occurring in eastern Canada (CBIF)

pinned adult thumbnail images of 36 species occurring in western Canada (CBIF)

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 13 July, 2005 - 4:55pm

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