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Species Acronicta albarufa - Barrens Dagger - Hodges#9216

Dagger moth - Acronicta albarufa Acronicta exempta ? - Acronicta albarufa Acronicta exempta - Acronicta albarufa Acronicta - Acronicta albarufa
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Acronictinae
Genus Acronicta (Dagger Moths)
Species albarufa (Barrens Dagger - Hodges#9216)
Hodges Number
9216
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acronicta albarufa (Grote, 1874)
Acronicta albarufa albarufa (Grote, 1874)
Acronicta albarufa exempta (Dyar, 1922), n. ssp., Schmidt & Anweiler (2020) (1)
Acronycta albarufa Grote, 1874
Acronycta walkeri Andrews, 1877
Acronycta exempta Dyar, 1922
Range
A. a. albarufa: SK, southern ON, Canada; CT south to SC and west to AR, MO, IL.
Type locality: Missouri.
A. a. exempta: CO, NM.
Type locality: Jemez Springs, NM.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Noctuoidea Noctuidae (Part) Pantheinae, Raphiinae, Balsinae, Acronictinae
Schmidt, B.C. & G.G. Anweiler. 2020. The Moths of North America.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 19 January, 2019 - 7:34pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 29 March, 2020 - 1:10pm

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