Moth Photographers Group – Acronicta hasta

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931441.2 – 9229 Acronicta hasta (Guenée, 1852)

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Distribution:	Canada: NS to BC; USA: ME south to FL and west to NM and northern CA (Schmidt & Anweiler 2020).
Similar Species:	Acronicta strigulata (Smith, 1897) Acronicta thoracica (Grote, 1880) Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	hasta (Guenée, 1852) (Acronycta) - MONA 1983: 9229 Type locality: North America. furcifera (Guenée, 1852) (Acronycta) manitoba (Smith, 1897) (Acronycta) wanda (Buchholz, 1917) (Acronycta)
Taxonomic Notes:	Acronicta hasta (Guenée, 1852) includes as a synonym Acronicta furcifera [9228] in Forbes (1954), overlooked syn. in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist), corrected by Rings et al. (1992).

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239.
Schmidt, B.C. & G.G. Anweiler, 2020. Noctuidae (Part) Pantheinae, Raphiinae, Balsinae, Acronictinae. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 25.4: 200; pl. A-14, figs. 1-4 (adult); pl. 24, fig. 5 (♂ gen.); pl. 41, fig. 3 (♀ gen.); pl. L-11, figs. 5, 6 (larva) (order).
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