Biology:Acronicta vulpina
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Short description: Species of moth
| Acronicta vulpina | |
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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. vulpina
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| Binomial name | |
| Acronicta vulpina Grote, 1883
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Acronicta vulpina, the vulpina dagger moth or miller dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883.[1][2] It is found in North America from New York and Newfoundland west to central British Columbia, south to Colorado.
It was formerly considered a subspecies of Acronicta leporina (both species occur in eastern Russia).
The wingspan is 40–47 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Populus tremuloides, Betula papyrifera, Populus balsamifera Alnus rugosa and Salix species.
Subspecies
- Acronicta vulpina leporella (Russia)
- Acronicta vulpina vulpina (North America)
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Acronicta vulpina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=261601.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (August 29, 2020). "Acronicta vulpina (Grote, 1883)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/acronictinae/acronicta/#vulpina. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
External links
- "Species Details Acronicta vulpina". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. April 7, 2003. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2371.
- McLeod, Robin (March 17, 2018). "Species Acronicta vulpina - Miller Dagger - Hodges#9206". https://bugguide.net/node/view/43204. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q4676355 entry
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