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Noctuidae
931441.2 – 9229   Acronicta hasta (Guenée, 1852)
             Cherry Dagger

© Carol Wolf
Distribution: Canada: NS to BC; USA: ME south to FL and west to NM and northern CA (Schmidt & Anweiler 2020).
Type locality: North America.
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: Acronycta hasta Guenée, 1852
Acronycta furcifera Guenée, 1852
Acronycta manitoba Smith, 1897
Acronycta wanda Buchholz, 1917
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).
  • Species Page at Block Island Moths
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
  • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
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© Bill Johnson
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© David Reed
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43mm – © Jim Vargo
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40mm – © Jim Vargo
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on Cherry
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3rd instar
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© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
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© Jason Dombroskie

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