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A Pleasant Dagger Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/3/2016). Determined by Bob Biagi/BugGuide.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Pleasant Dagger Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/22/2013).
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Scott Housten.
Pleasant Dagger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/20/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
A Pleasant Dagger Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/3/2015). Confirmed by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Nancy Magnusson.
A Pleasant Dagger Moth at sugar bait in Somerset Co., Maryland (8/4/2008). Determined by Dale F. Schweitzer.
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Lance Biechele.
A Pleasant Dagger Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/14/2010).
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Bob Patterson.
A Pleasant Dagger Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/15/2015). Determined by A. Hendrickson/BugGuide.
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Don Watley.
Pleasant Dagger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/2/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
Pleasant Dagger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/27/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
A Pleasant Dagger Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/17/2004).
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Larry Line.
Pleasant Dagger Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/10/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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Hugh McGuinness.
A Pleasant Dagger Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/10/2017). Verified by Robert Lord Zimlich/BugGuide.
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Emily Stanley.
Source: Wikipedia
Acronicta laetifica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Acronicta |
Species: | A. laetifica
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Binomial name | |
Acronicta laetifica J. B. Smith, 1897
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Acronicta laetifica, the pleasant dagger moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by John Bernhardt Smith in 1897. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas, north to Manitoba.[1][2]
The wingspan is 37–43 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in Ohio and from April to October in the south. There are two or more generations in the south and one in the north.
The larvae feed on Carya species (hickory).
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acronicta laetifica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (August 29, 2020). "Acronicta laetifica (Smith, 1897)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
External links
[edit]- McLeod, Robin (July 24, 2016). "Species Acronicta laetifica - Pleasant Dagger - Hodges#9227". BugGuide. Retrieved October 20, 2020.