Acronicta afflicta

Species of moth

Acronicta afflicta

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Noctuidae
Genus:  | Acronicta
Species:  |

A. afflicta

Binomial name
Acronicta afflicta

Grote, 1864

Synonyms

* Acronycta dolens
* Acronicta schmalzriedi

Acronicta afflicta, the afflicted dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Canada (Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario), the United States (including Alabama, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Georgia, Maryland, New York and Ohio) as well as northern Mexico.

Illustration

Larva

The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various Quercus species.

## External links[edit]

* Lepidoptera of Wayne County, Ohio

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q4676240
* Wikispecies: Acronicta afflicta
* BAMONA: Acronicta-afflicta
* BioLib: 1230734
* BOLD: 17099
* BugGuide: 500
* CoL: 9NCG
* EoL: 469825
* GBIF: 1782833
* iNaturalist: 212420
* IRMNG: 10624080
* ITIS: 937590
* LepIndex: 261383
* MONA: 9254
* NatureServe: 2.116136
* NCBI: 688467

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