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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) » Acronicta tota - Hodges#9210 (Acronicta tota)

Species Acronicta tota - Hodges#9210

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Acronicta tota, #9210 - Acronicta tota ID Request - Acronicta tota Caterpillar - Acronicta tota Possible Acronicta tota - Acronicta tota Caterpillar from Dallas, TX on soapberry - Acronicta tota Moth - Acronicta tota caterpillar - Acronicta tota Acronicta tota
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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 tota (Acronicta tota - Hodges#9210)
Hodges Number
9210
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acronicta tota (Grote(1), 1879)
Apatela tota Grote, 1879
Phylogenetic sequence # 931431
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 73 species of the genus Acronicta in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Forewing length 15-18 mm.
Identification
Original description online: 12
Range
NM-TX - Map (MPG)
Season
At least one flight in Texas from February through April. (3)
Food
Larval host unknown.
See Also
Related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group
Print References
Grote, A.R. 1879. New Texan moths. The North American Entomologist. p. 12.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Lepbarcoding.org
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
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 .
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 February, 2012 - 1:46pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 21 December, 2018 - 11:07am

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