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Species Acronicta wiklei - Wikle's Dagger Moth - Hodges#9255.2

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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 wiklei (Wikle's Dagger Moth - Hodges#9255.2)

Hodges Number

9255.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acronicta wiklei Schmidt & Anweiler, 2020 (1)

Range

Southern AZ.
Type locality: Pena Blanca Canyon, Atascosa Mts., Santa Cruz, Co., AZ.

Print References

Schmidt & Anweiler, 2020. MONA Fascicle 25.4: 138; pl. A-7 (adult), figs. 17-20; pl. 18, fig. 4 (♂ gen.); pl. 36 fig. 7 (♀ gen.) (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

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
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 28 March, 2020 - 3:03pm

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