A Henry's Marsh Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/30/2013).
A Henry's Marsh Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/30/2013).
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A Henry's Marsh Moth on Assateague Island, Maryland (5/30/2013).
A Henry's Marsh Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/17/2018).
A Henry's Marsh Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/19/2013).
A Henry's Marsh Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/29/2013).
Henry's Marsh Moth in Somerset Co., Maryland (7/30/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Henry's Marsh Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/7/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
.JPG "A Henry's Marsh Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (4/5/2002). (Photo ID: 56408 - Psn: 70)")
A Henry's Marsh Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (4/5/2002).
A Henry's Marsh Moth collected in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/19/2002).
A Henry's Marsh Moth caterpillar in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/3/2013).
A Henry's Marsh Moth caterpillar in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/14/2014).
A Cattail Caterpillar (Henry's Marsh Moth) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/11/2012).
A Henry's Marsh Moth caterpillar in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/25/2003).
A Henry's Marsh Moth caterpillar in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/9/2015). Confirmed by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Henry's Marsh Moth caterpillars in Howard Co., Maryland (9/16/2017). Verified by John and Jane Balaban/BugGuide.
A Henry's Marsh Moth caterpillar parasitized by a Stigmata mummy-wasp in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/22/2018).
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59 Records
Status
Found throughout the U.S. in wet areas such as marshes and river edges.
Relationships
According to BugGuide, larvae feed on cattail, knotweed, grasses, sedges, poplar, willow. Larvae have been documented predated by Stigmata Mummy-wasp.
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A Henry's Marsh Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/30/2013).
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Scott Housten.
A Henry's Marsh Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/30/2013).
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Scott Housten.
A Henry's Marsh Moth on Assateague Island, Maryland (5/30/2013).
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Scott Housten.
A Henry's Marsh Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/17/2018).
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Dave Webb.
A Henry's Marsh Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/19/2013).
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Scott Housten.
A Henry's Marsh Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/29/2013).
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Scott Housten.
Henry's Marsh Moth in Somerset Co., Maryland (7/30/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Jim Brighton.
Henry's Marsh Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/7/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Jim Brighton.
A Henry's Marsh Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (4/5/2002).
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Larry Line.
A Henry's Marsh Moth collected in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/19/2002).
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Mark Etheridge.
A Henry's Marsh Moth caterpillar in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/3/2013).
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Mike Burchett.
A Henry's Marsh Moth caterpillar in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/14/2014).
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Fritz Flohr Reynolds.
A Cattail Caterpillar (Henry's Marsh Moth) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/11/2012).
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Nancy Magnusson.
A Henry's Marsh Moth caterpillar in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/25/2003).
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Arlene Ripley.
A Henry's Marsh Moth caterpillar in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/9/2015). Confirmed by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Tyler Bell.
A Henry's Marsh Moth caterpillars in Howard Co., Maryland (9/16/2017). Verified by John and Jane Balaban/BugGuide.
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Sue Muller.
A Henry's Marsh Moth caterpillar parasitized by a Stigmata mummy-wasp in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/22/2018).
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Bill Hubick.
Source: Wikipedia
| Acronicta insularis | |
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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. insularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Acronicta insularis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
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| Synonyms | |
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Acronicta insularis, the cattail caterpillar (when referring to the larva) or Henry's marsh moth (when referring to the adult), is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1868. It is found from coast to coast throughout the United States and southern Canada (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba).[1][2][3]
The wingspan is 35–40 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September.
The larvae feed on Typha and Polygonum species, as well as various grasses and sedges, poplar and willow.
Acronicta insularis was formerly called Simyra insularis. In 2015, the genus Simyra, along with Oxicesta and Eogena, were moved to Acronicta based on phylogenetic analysis.[4]
The MONA or Hodges number for Acronicta insularis is 9280.[3][4]
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Subspecies
[edit]- Acronicta insularis insularis
- Acronicta insularis julitae
References
[edit]- ^ "Acronicta insularis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ "Acronicta insularis species information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ a b "North American Moth Photographers Group, Acronicta insularis". Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ a b Wahlberg, Niklas; Zahiri, Reza; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Phylogenetic relationships of Acronictinae with discussion of the abdominal courtship brush in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (2). doi:10.1111/syen.12162.
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