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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) » Gray Dagger - Hodges#9212 (Acronicta grisea)
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Noctuidae: Acronicta grisea? - Acronicta grisea
Copyright © 2011 Carl Barrentine

Noctuidae: Acronicta grisea? - Acronicta grisea
Fisher, Polk County, Minnesota, USA
June 24, 2011
Size: Length ~ 2 cm
Revised (03 Feb 2012): Acronicta grisea (Hodges #9212)? ;-)


This specimen may be Dagger Moth, and if so may be an example of the Speared Dagger (Hodges #9229). I'm hoping for confirmation or correction of its identity. Thanks! ;-)

I think it may resemble this BG image:
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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 25 June, 2011 - 12:16pm
Last updated 6 February, 2014 - 11:59pm

Moved
Moved from Dagger Moths.
… Paul Dennehy, 6 February, 2014 - 11:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Paul!
Thank you for the ID confirmation!
… Carl Barrentine, 7 February, 2014 - 6:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Carl Barrentine, 5 February, 2012 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Acronicta hasta ?
This is an Acronicta, but I believe it is Acronicta grisea. A tough genus to id!

Gary Anweiler
… Gary Anweiler, 1 October, 2011 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Gary!
Hmmm...you may be right about this specimen resembling the Gray Dagger Moth (A. grisea, Hodges #9212). This specimen does look like this BG image, I think:

… Carl Barrentine, 5 October, 2011 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

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