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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)

Genus Acronicta - Dagger Moths

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Nondescript Dagger - Acronicta spinigera moth 2009 - Acronicta americana Acronicta lanceolaria small moth - Acronicta Dagger Moth - Acronicta moth - Acronicta morula Moth 4 - Acronicta marmorata Moth 6/16.3 - Acronicta
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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)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816
Acronycta Treitschke, 1825 (unjustified emendation)
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet Acronicta is Greek meaning "the beginning of the night." (1)
Numbers
There are more than 73 named species of the genus Acronicta in America north of Mexico. (2)
Several to be described.
Range
Represented throughout North America. Also occurs in Eurasia.
Remarks
This is a large and very difficult genus. With a few exceptions (e.g. vinnula, betulae, fallax), species-level identification should be left to experts.
Internet References
pinned adult thumbnail images of 40 species occurring in eastern Canada (CBIF)
pinned adult thumbnail images of 36 species occurring in western Canada (CBIF)
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
2.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 .
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 5 July, 2016 - 11:52am

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