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Species Acronicta hastulifera - Frosted Dagger Moth - Hodges#9201

Frosted Dagger Caterpillar - Acronicta hastulifera Frosted Dagger Caterpillar - Acronicta hastulifera Frosted dagger moth caterpillar - Acronicta hastulifera Unidentified Caterpillar In The Poconos - Acronicta hastulifera Caterpillar - Acronicta hastulifera Large spiny caterpillar - Acronicta hastulifera Lasiocampa spp. (larva) - Acronicta hastulifera larva - Acronicta hastulifera
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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 hastulifera (Frosted Dagger Moth - Hodges#9201)
Hodges Number
9201
Other Common Names
American-Alder Dagger Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acronicta hastulifera (Smith & Abbot, 1797)
Phalæna hastulifera Smith & Abbot, 1797
Print References
Smith, J.E. & J. Abbot, J. 1797 The natural history of the rarer lepidopterous insects of Georgia. 2: 183; pl. 92.