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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 edolata - Hodges#9269 (Acronicta edolata)

Species Acronicta edolata - Hodges#9269

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 edolata (Acronicta edolata - Hodges#9269)
Hodges Number
9269
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acronicta edolata (Grote(1), 1881)
Apatela edolata Grote, 1881
Acronicta sagittata McDunnough, 1940 - n. syn. (2)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931483 (3)
Size
Grote (1881) listed the wingspan 38-40 mm.
Identification
Grote (1881) original description as Apatela edolata is available online and linked in the print references.
Larva photo at Cornell University Insect Collection: Franclemont
Range
USA: WY, UT, CO, AZ, NM, western OK and TX; Mexico. (2)
Type locality: Tuscon, AZ.
Season
Acronicta edolata has a flight period of March to October with possibly two broods..
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1881. New moths from Arizona, with remarks on Catocala and Heliothis. Papilio 1: 153.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona list      pinned photo (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.Noctuoidea Noctuidae (Part) Pantheinae, Raphiinae, Balsinae, Acronictinae
Schmidt, B.C. & G.G. Anweiler. 2020. The Moths of North America.
3.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Moths of Southeast Arizona
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 September, 2014 - 3:28pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz
Last updated 19 February, 2021 - 9:14am

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