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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) » Cottonwood Dagger Moth - Hodges#9205 (Acronicta lepusculina)
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Noctuidae - Acronicta lepusculina
Copyright © 2005 Dennis Profant

Noctuidae - Acronicta lepusculina
Beaver Island, Charlevoix County, Michigan, USA
July 4, 2004
Birch Dagger Moth, Acronicta betulae. This moth hides on white birch bark.
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Contributed by Dennis Profant on 22 June, 2005 - 2:24pm
Last updated 27 August, 2005 - 1:10pm

Another Species is More Probable.....
.... this is not A. betulae (there is a photo in the Guide here).



That species has a well-marked 90 degree angle (or two) in the pm. line and is different in other ways. Saying what this photo represents is more difficult. The two best candidates that I know of are: 9205 - Cottonwood Dagger Moth - Acronicta lepusculina, and 9206 - Millar Dagger Moth - Acronicta vulpina (leporina). To my eye it looks closest to 9206, but the specimen is either worn or very lightly marked, and I am a bit uncertain about the ID. All of these species are shown at MPG Living Moths Plate 47b
… Bob Patterson, 22 June, 2005 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Acronicta
Wow, where in the world I got betulae from I don't know. This is A. lepusculina. The photo matches exactly to specimens I have collected from the same site.
… Dennis Profant, 22 July, 2005 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
image moved...
from genus Acronicta to species lepusculina page
… Robin McLeod, 27 August, 2005 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

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