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

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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
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