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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)
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Lapara - Acronicta
Copyright © 2013 Jean Obrist

Lapara - Acronicta
Bybee, Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
April 6, 2013
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Contributed by Jean Obrist on 12 April, 2013 - 8:30pm
Last updated 26 January, 2014 - 10:01pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Jason D. Roberts, 26 January, 2014 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 29 April, 2013 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

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Please correct these or they have little value in the guide and will eventually be frassed as more valuable replacements arrive. Thanks.
… John R. Maxwell, 26 April, 2013 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

yes looks like a dagger moth
:-)
something like this..its a big moth
… Edna Woodward, 12 April, 2013 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved- Not Lapara
Moved from Pine Sphinx.

Not Sphingidae, this individual belongs to Noctuoidea.
… Ryan St Laurent, 12 April, 2013 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

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