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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) » Ovate Dagger - Hodges#9243 (Acronicta ovata)
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Acronicta ovata? - Acronicta ovata
Copyright © 2018 tom murray

Acronicta ovata? - Acronicta ovata
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 20, 2018
Feeding on white oak leaves. It looks similar to the one in Wagner's Owlet Caterpillar book. The adult Acronicta ovata are common at my lights.
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 August, 2018 - 4:09pm

Moved Tentatively
Moved from Dagger Moths.
John & Jane, I'll go with the food plant info and the common occurrence of the adult at my lights suggesting this is probably the correct ID.
There were at least 4 of these caterpillars on the same small tree.
… tom murray, 21 August, 2018 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

I wish I understood this complex better
But if Wagner can't tell them apart, I don't feel too bad...
I think the food plant and what comes to you lights would be a good way to id it.
… john and jane balaban, 21 August, 2018 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

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