A Charred Dagger Moth caterpillar in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/9/2018).
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Status
Found in dry oak woodlands and barrens (BugGuide).
Description
BugGuide and Wagner each point out that the larvae are similar to A. aflicta. Wagner states A. aflicta has a single pair of clubbed setae per segment, while A. brumosa has two pairs per segment.
Relationships
Host plants are oaks.
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A Charred Dagger Moth caterpillar in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/9/2018).
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Bob Cammarata.
Source: Wikipedia
| Acronicta brumosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acronicta |
| Species: | A. brumosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Acronicta brumosa Guenée, 1852
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Acronicta brumosa, the charred dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from New York to Florida, west through the southern states to California, north at least to Utah.
The wingspan is about 38 mm.
The larvae feed on various Quercus species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Acronicta brumosa brumosa
- Acronicta brumosa persuasa
- Acronicta brumosa liturata
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