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Acronicta hasta Speared Dagger Moth - Acronicta
Copyright © 2016 Charles Allen

Acronicta hasta Speared Dagger Moth - Acronicta
Pitkin, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA
March 4, 2016
Acronicta hasta Speared Dagger Moth?
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Contributed by Charles Allen on 6 March, 2016 - 8:15pm
Last updated 11 March, 2016 - 11:24pm

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… Kyhl Austin, 11 March, 2016 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

Acronicta laetifica – Pleas
Acronicta laetifica – Pleasant Dagger Moth.

Looking at the MPG pages for both A. laetifica http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9227&state=SET and A. hasta on the next plate http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9229&state=SET you can see that hasta is an overall darker moth with, usually, a contrasting white orbicular spot wheres laetifica has the somewhat washed out appearance of your moth. Compare to the white background.
… nancy dowd, 11 March, 2016 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

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… Kyhl Austin, 9 March, 2016 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

A. laetifica?
I would lean toward A. laetifica myself (#9227), but I'm curious what the experts decide when they weigh in....
… Jeff McIntyre, 8 March, 2016 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

Looks like it to me
A. hasta appears to be a good possibility, but with the Daggers you better rely on an expert's opinion.[
… Peter Homann, 7 March, 2016 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

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