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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) » Heitzman's Dagger Moth - Hodges#9241.1 (Acronicta heitzmani)

Species Acronicta heitzmani - Heitzman's Dagger Moth - Hodges#9241.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Habitat · See Also · 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 heitzmani (Heitzman's Dagger Moth - Hodges#9241.1)
Hodges Number
9241.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acronicta heitzmani Covell & Metzler, 1992 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931459 (2)
Size
Forewing length: (1)
♂ 12-14.5 mm.
♀ 12.5-15 mm.
Identification
Original description in PDF. (1)
Habitat
Woodlands
See Also
Acronicta spinigera
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.Two new species of moths (Noctuidae: Acronictinae, Cuculliinae) from Midland United States
Charles V. Covell, Jr., Eric H. Metzler. 1992. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 46(3): 220-232 .
2.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 12 April, 2006 - 9:33pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler
Last updated 14 May, 2013 - 11:50pm

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