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Night-wandering Dagger Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (8/5/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Night-wandering Dagger Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (7/22/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Night-wandering Dagger Moth collected in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/30/1992).
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John Glaser.
Source: Wikipedia
| Acronicta noctivaga | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acronicta |
| Species: | A. noctivaga
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| Binomial name | |
| Acronicta noctivaga Grote, 1864
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Acronicta noctivaga, the night-wandering dagger moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in north-eastern North America including Wisconsin, New York, Maryland and Ontario.
The wingspan is about 32 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August depending on the location.
Recorded food plants include poplar.