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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) » Pleasant Dagger - Hodges#9227 (Acronicta laetifica)
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Hodges #9227 - Pleasant Dagger - Acronicta laetifica
Copyright © 2018 Peter Homann

Hodges #9227 - Pleasant Dagger - Acronicta laetifica
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
May 13, 2018
Size: Forewing ≈18mm
Attracted to black light late in the evening. On the basis of the forewing pattern and brightness I propose that this is #9227 Acronicta laetifica and rule out the typically much darker #9229 Acronicta hasta that has a similar pattern. It is too small for a #9238 Acronicta lobeliae. Is this enough for an ID?
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Contributed by Peter Homann on 14 May, 2018 - 5:11pm
Last updated 4 August, 2018 - 3:09pm

ID confirmed in BAMONA
Curtis Lehman confirmed the moth's ID in BAMONA. I phootgraphed a second individual in May 2021.
… Peter Homann, 26 May, 2021 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dagger Moths. Aside from the criteria listed in my original comment, I base the ID of this moth on the white orbicular spot and absence of a fourth dash (as postulated on A.lobeliae info page) that is associated with the orbicular on the forewings of the other two species.
… Peter Homann, 6 June, 2018 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
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