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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)
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Lepidoptera - Acronicta
Copyright © 2015 Tyler Christensen

Lepidoptera - Acronicta
Badlands NP, Jackson County, South Dakota, USA
July 31, 2014
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Contributed by Tyler Christensen on 1 December, 2015 - 9:30am
Last updated 8 December, 2015 - 4:29pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… A. Hendrickson, 6 December, 2015 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

Acronicta?
Perhaps one of the Dagger moths.
… David E. Reed, 2 December, 2015 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

 
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David, that was my first thought, but the markings were so strong I could not tell.

Looks like this one could be possible . Was that the species you were considering? Tough because it looks to be so much fresher than any of the others if this is correct.
… A. Hendrickson, 2 December, 2015 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Cottonwood Dagger
Yes, That's the only one I could find that is close.
… David E. Reed, 2 December, 2015 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

 
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Second guessing myself. Did you consider (1)? I thought the Jim Vargo spread here might also be a possiblility and it lookd to me like they have been sighted in South Dakota.
… A. Hendrickson, 4 December, 2015 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

 
Acronicta
I suspect we have to leave this at the genus level (sigh).
… David E. Reed, 4 December, 2015 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

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