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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) » Heitzman's Dagger Moth - Hodges#9241.1 (Acronicta heitzmani)
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Noctuidae: Acronicta retardata? - Acronicta heitzmani
Copyright © 2012 Carl Barrentine

Noctuidae: Acronicta retardata? - Acronicta heitzmani
Turtle River State Park, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
May 22, 2012
Size: Length ~ 1.5 cm
Hmmm...My best guess (and I'm probably wrong) is that this specimen may be an example of the Retarded Dagger Moth (9251). I'm hoping to confirm or correct this specimen's identity. Thanks for looking! ;-)

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Noctuidae: Acronicta retardata? - Acronicta heitzmani Noctuidae: Acronicta retardata? - Acronicta heitzmani
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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 22 May, 2012 - 3:35pm
Last updated 25 May, 2016 - 2:01pm

Moved
Moved from Dagger Moths, based on explanation given here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1228074/bgimage.
… Carl Barrentine, 25 May, 2016 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths.
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