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Species Acronicta fragilis - Fragile Dagger Moth - Hodges#9241

Acronicta fragilis - Fragile Dagger Moth - Hodges#9241 - Acronicta fragilis

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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 fragilis (Fragile Dagger Moth - Hodges#9241)

Hodges Number

9241

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acronicta fragilis (Guenée, 1852)

Size

Wingspan 30mm approx

Identification

Double sharply zigzag lines as a part of grey white and black pattern on front wings are distinctive. "Orbicular spot grey to white with darker center. Hindwing yellowish white with faint grey median line and outer shading."(1)

Range

Newfoundland to Florida, west across Canada, south to Kentucky and Minnesota(1)

Season

Moth Photographers Group – distribution & flight-period chart

Food

Larvae feed on apple, birch, plum, willow, white spruce(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults

BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens

E. H. Strickland Museum – image of pinned adult

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 9 August, 2008 - 9:47pm
Additional contributions by Will Cook, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 22 November, 2013 - 4:25pm

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