Biology:Acronicta fallax

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Short description: Species of moth

Acronicta fallax
Acronicta fallax male.jpg
Male
Acronicta fallax female.jpg
Female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acronicta
Species:
A. fallax
Binomial name
Acronicta fallax
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Moma fallax Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Agriopodes fallax
  • Moma geminata Smith, 1903
  • Agriopodes geminata

Acronicta fallax, the green marvel, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.[1] 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
Agriopodes fallax – Green Marvel Moth.jpg

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

References

  1. Schmidt, B. C., et al. (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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q28738853 entry