Biology:Acronicta interrupta
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Short description: Species of moth
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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. interrupta
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| Acronicta interrupta Guenée, 1852
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Acronicta interrupta, the interrupted dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found across southern Canada south of the boreal forest, from New Brunswick west to eastern Alberta, south to Georgia, Nebraska and Arizona.[1][2]
The wingspan is 35–42 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August or September depending on the location. There are two or more generations per year in the south and one in the north.
The larvae feed on apple, apricot, birch, cherry, crabapple, elm, hawthorn, hop-hornbeam, mountain-ash, oak, plum and willow.
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Acronicta interrupta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=261565.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (August 29, 2020). "Acronicta interrupta (Guenée, 1852)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/acronictinae/acronicta/#interrupta. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
External links
- "Species Details Acronicta interrupta". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. April 2, 2003. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2842.
- McLeod, Robin (August 9, 2014). "Species Acronicta interrupta - Interrupted Dagger - Hodges#9237". https://bugguide.net/node/view/36180. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q4676294 entry
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