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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 atristrigatus - Hodges#9232 (Acronicta atristrigatus)

Species Acronicta atristrigatus - Hodges#9232

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
caterpillar - Acronicta atristrigatus Acronicta atristrigatus Hodges #9232 ? - Acronicta atristrigatus Acronicta? - Acronicta atristrigatus Acronicta astrigatus - Acronicta atristrigatus Noctuid - Acronicta atristrigatus No. 324 Acronicta atristrigatus? - Acronicta atristrigatus Acronicta sp. - Acronicta atristrigatus Arizona Moth - Acronicta atristrigatus
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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 atristrigatus (Acronicta atristrigatus - Hodges#9232)
Hodges Number
9232
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acronicta atristrigatus (Smith, 1900)
Anytus atristrigatus Smith, 1900 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931449
Size
Wingspan 37-41 mm. (1)
Identification
Smith (1900) original description as Anytus atristrigatus is available in PDF(1) or view online in the print references.
Range
Southern California and Utah to Texas. (2), (3)
Holotype from "Texas".
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults are most often reported from March to August. (3)
Life Cycle
Check out Caterpillarblog
Larva; larva; adult
Remarks
Thanks to Gary Anweiler for correcting the ID of photos formerly placed on the A. beameri page here.
See Also
Acronicta beameri
Print References
Smith, J.B. 1900. A hundred new moths of the family Noctuidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 22: 460. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.A hundred new moths of the family Noctuidae
John B. Smith. 1900. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22(1203): 413-495.
2.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 March, 2013 - 9:44pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz, marcie oconnor
Last updated 12 April, 2021 - 5:03pm

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