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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) » Impressed Dagger Moth - Hodges#9261 (Acronicta impressa)

Species Acronicta impressa - Impressed Dagger Moth - Hodges#9261

Classification · Hodges Number · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Impressive Dagger Moth - Acronicta impressa Acronicta impressa, Canaan Valley NWR - Acronicta impressa Unknown Caterpillar - Acronicta impressa ID please: is this a Silver-spotted Tiger Moth caterpillar? - Acronicta impressa Acronicta impressa tiger moth sp instar? - Acronicta impressa caterpillar ID - Acronicta impressa Acronicta impressa
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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 impressa (Impressed Dagger Moth - Hodges#9261)
Hodges Number
9261
Food
Alder, apple, beech, birch, blackberry and other Rubus, blueberry, cherry, currant, dogwood, elm, glae, hazen, larch, oak, plum, poplar, rose, serviceberry, spirea, willow, witch hazel; occasionally nonwoody plants like dogbane (1)
Life Cycle
larva; leaf wrap around pupa and pupa; adult
Internet References
Animal Diversity Web - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Moth Photographers Group
Pacific Northwest Moths
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Discover Life
Works Cited
1.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by tom murray on 21 August, 2005 - 10:36am
Additional contributions by Ethan Kistler, JohnMaxwell22, marcie oconnor
Last updated 28 March, 2018 - 9:07am

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