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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) » Night-wandering Dagger Moth - Hodges#9259 (Acronicta noctivaga)

Species Acronicta noctivaga - Night-wandering Dagger Moth - Hodges#9259

Classification · Hodges Number · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 noctivaga (Night-wandering Dagger Moth - Hodges#9259)
Hodges Number
9259
Range
Throughout eastern North America. See (1).
Food
Larva feed on Poplar - Populus; willow - Salix.
Life Cycle
Larva; larva; adult
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Cotinis on 7 March, 2006 - 9:10pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 12 April, 2021 - 9:40am

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