Green Marvel Moth
Acronicta fallax (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Green Marvel Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/7629
Synonyms
Agriopodes fallax  Hodges #9281 
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Relationships

Host plants are in the genus Viburnum.

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Acronicta fallax
Male
Female

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acronicta
Species:
A. fallax
Binomial name
Acronicta fallax
Synonyms
  • Moma fallax Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Agriopodes fallax
  • Moma geminata Smith, 1903
  • Agriopodes geminata

Acronicta fallax, the green marvel moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.[1][2] It is found in most of North America, from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Manitoba south to Arizona and Florida.

Larva

The wingspan is about 34 mm. Adults are on wing from February to November in Florida.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Acronicta fallax Green Marvel Moth". NatureServe. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ Schmidt, Christian; Wagner, David; Zacharczenko, Brigette; Zahiri, Reza; Anweiler, Gary (2014). "Polyphyly of lichen-cryptic dagger moths: synonymy of Agriopodes Hampson and description of a new basal acronictine genus, Chloronycta, gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)". ZooKeys. 421: 115–137. doi:10.3897/zookeys.421.7424.
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