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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 tristis - Hodges#9247 (Acronicta tristis)

Species Acronicta tristis - Hodges#9247

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · 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 tristis (Acronicta tristis - Hodges#9247)
Hodges Number
9247
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acronicta tristis Smith, 1911
Phylogenetic sequence # 931469
Identification
Adult:

Larva:
Range
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick westward to the Great Lakes region, and southward along the Appalachians to northern Georgia, and the northern parts of the Gulf Coast states.
Season
Single flight primarily in June and July; August records may result from a partial second generation or prolonged emergence.
Food
Larva have been found on Fagus grandifolia (American Beech).
Remarks
genitalia of the increta group (albarufa,ovata, exilis, immodica, modica, increta, cryptica and tristis)is virtually identical. (C. Schmidt)
Print References
MONA fascicle 25.4, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae(Part), Pantheinae Raphiinae, Balsinae, Acronictinae. Schmidt & Anweiler, 2020.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 8 February, 2013 - 2:40pm
Additional contributions by Fyn Kynd, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 12 March, 2020 - 3:23pm

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