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Noctuidae 931419.82 – 9216   Acronicta albarufa (Grote, 1874)              Barrens Dagger

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Distribution: A. a. albarufa: Canada: SK, southern ON; USA: CT south to SC and west to AR, MO, IL. A. a. exempta: CO, NM. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: albarufa (Grote, 1874) (Acronycta) - MONA 1983: 9216 ssp. a. albarufa (Grote, 1874) (Acronycta) - MONA 1983: 9216   Type locality: Missouri.  walkeri (Andrews, 1877) (Acronycta) (synonym of ssp. albarufa) ssp. b. exempta (Dyar, 1922) (Acronycta) - MONA 1983: 9217 Taxonomic Notes: Acronicta albarufa (Grote, 1874) includes as a subspecies Acronicta exempta (Dyar, 1922) [9216] in Schmidt & Anweiler (2020), MONA Fascicle 25.4: 141.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) (A. a.exempta) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Grote, A.G., 1874. Descriptions and notes on the Noctuidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 16: 239. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Schmidt, B.C. & G.G. Anweiler, 2020. Noctuidae (Part) Pantheinae, Raphiinae, Balsinae, Acronictinae. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 25.4: 140; pl. A-8, figs. 43-48 (adult); pl. 18, fig. 5 (♂ gen.); pl. 37, fig. 1 (♀ gen.); pl. L-6, fig. 2 (larva) (order). Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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(A. a. albarufa) – © CBIF (A. a. exempta) 30mm - LG – © Canadian Nat'l. Coll. (A. a. albarufa) LG – © Jim Troubridge (A. a. exempta) 37mm - LG – © Jim Vargo 34mm - LG – © Jim Vargo

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