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Noctuidae 931434.2 – 9246   Acronicta clarescens (Guenée, 1852)              Clear Dagger

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: clarescens (Guenée, 1852) (Acronycta) - MONA 1983: 9246; TL: New York; North America. centriferruginea Strand, 1916 (Acronicta) prunata (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924) (Apatela) pruni (Harris, 1869) (Acronycta) smithii (Butler, 1893) (Acronycta) Taxonomic Notes: Acronicta clarescens (Guenée, 1852) iAcronicta clarescens (Guenée, 1852) in Forbes (1954), overlooked syn. in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist), corrected by Rings et al. (1992).

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) 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: 188; pl. A-15, figs. 17-23 (adult); pl. 23, fig. 2 (♂ gen.); pl. 40, fig. 2 (♀ gen.); pl. L-13, figs. 5, 6 (larva) (order). Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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