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Species Acronicta fallax - Green Marvel - Hodges#9281

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Green Marvel Moth - Acronicta fallax Green Marvel - Hodges#9281 - Acronicta fallax Green Marvel - Acronicta fallax The Green Marvel - Acronicta fallax 9281 Green Marvel - Acronicta fallax 9281 Green Marvel Moth (Agriopodes fallax) - Acronicta fallax Acronicta fallax - Green Marvel - Acronicta fallax Acronicta fallax
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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 fallax (Green Marvel - Hodges#9281)

Hodges Number

9281

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Formerly Agriopodes fallax.

Explanation of Names

fallac is Latin for deceptive (1)

Numbers

4 spp in genus per Nearctica

Range

Eastern North America

Season

Feb to Nov in Florida per Kimball (1965) (2)

Food

Principal host plant is Viburnum per Handfield (1999) and Kimball (1965) (2)

Print References

Handfield, L. 1999. Le guide des papillons du Québec. Broquet Inc., Boucherville, Quebec.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Polyphyly of Lichen-cryptic Dagger Moths Christian Schmidt, David Wagner, Brigette Zacharczenko, Reza Zahiri, and Gary Anweiler

Works Cited

1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist.
Charles P. Kimball. 1965. Florida Dept. of Ag. Gainesville, FL. v + 363 pp.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 October, 2004 - 3:00pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, marcie oconnor, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 23 March, 2019 - 7:35am

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