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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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Possible Gray Dagger Moth? - Acronicta fragilis
Copyright © 2015 Bonnie Ott

Possible Gray Dagger Moth? - Acronicta fragilis
Frederick County Watershed, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
July 22, 2015
Not sure on the host plant.
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Contributed by Bonnie Ott on 4 August, 2015 - 6:31am
Last updated 15 September, 2017 - 5:39pm

Moved
It's a good facial match. We'll move it there until we learn more about Acronicta
… john and jane balaban, 15 September, 2017 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 22 August, 2015 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 22 August, 2015 - 12:29am login or register to post comments

Looked for a species that had separated brown spots
on all the body segments, plus white line outline to the dorsal area and coming up empty. The closest we could find was fragilis

which is not quite right either. If you see it again, please take some more pics. It would be great to see this one from other angles.
… john and jane balaban, 6 August, 2015 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

 
This looks like such a good c
This looks like such a good candidate! Sadly this was found when I was away from home. I won't get back to the area for a few weeks.
… Bonnie Ott, 8 August, 2015 - 6:11am login or register to post comments

Stumped on this one
Can't quite match the pattern. Do you have any more images from other perspectives where we might get different clues to the color pattern?
… john and jane balaban, 4 August, 2015 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

 
Sadly I do not. I also could
Sadly I do not. I also could not figure out the host plant. Thank you for helping.
… Bonnie Ott, 4 August, 2015 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

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