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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

Acronicta atristrigatus (Smith) - Acronicta atristrigatus

Sparse haired caterpillar - Acronicta atristrigatus

Acronicta atristrigatus larva Day 2 - 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

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
Last updated 24 September, 2017 - 5:34am

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