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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) » Exiled Dagger Moth - Hodges#9242 (Acronicta exilis)
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Acronicta ovata? - Hodges #9243 - Exilied Dagger Moth - Acronicta exilis
Copyright © 2013 Peter Homann

Acronicta ovata? - Hodges #9243 - Exilied Dagger Moth - Acronicta exilis
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
August 24, 2013
Size: ~14mm length
Attracted to black light. Looks like an Acronicta to me and the best fit appears to be # 9243 A.ovata. Anyway, whatever it is, I think it is the same species as the not yet identified posted specimen . I would appreciate confirmation or other suggestions. Thanks.
Edit: Retraction: I still think these moths might be of the same species, but I'm not so sure anymore that they are A.ovata. Looking again I find similarities with #9242 - #9245!
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Contributed by Peter Homann on 25 August, 2013 - 7:29pm
Last updated 24 February, 2015 - 9:54am

Moved
Moved from Dagger Moths. ID confiremd by BAMONA (Curtis Lehman)
… Peter Homann, 24 February, 2015 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

Acronicta exilis?
Looking at Acronicta to find a place for a recently posted image, my encounter on the MPG walk with #9242 A. exilis reminded me of this one and persuaded me that A exilis is its very likely ID. Its relatively small size is consistent with that ID. I then noticed that Jack Foreman ended up with the same suggestion for the moth I had provided a thumbnail of on this page. Still waiting for expert attention!
… Peter Homann, 22 February, 2015 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

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