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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) » Clear Dagger Moth - Hodges#9246 (Acronicta clarescens)
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Some kind of Dagger Moth? - Acronicta clarescens
Copyright © 2018 kenner7683

Some kind of Dagger Moth? - Acronicta clarescens
Tomball, Harris County, Texas, USA
May 16, 2018
On a Mexican Plum tree.

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Some kind of Dagger Moth? - Acronicta clarescens Some kind of Dagger Moth? - Acronicta clarescens
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Contributed by kenner7683 on 18 May, 2018 - 2:21pm
Last updated 18 May, 2018 - 6:48pm

Moved
We have several from Texas already posted
… john and jane balaban, 18 May, 2018 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be
Acronicta clarescens, but you may have something else similar down there :(
… john and jane balaban, 18 May, 2018 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
That was my guess too...
But I am unfamiliar with the species, its range, and what species might be similar.
… kenner7683, 18 May, 2018 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

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