Acronicta clarescens

Species of moth

Acronicta clarescens

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

A. clarescens

Binomial name
Acronicta clarescens

Guenée, 1852

Synonyms

* Acronicta centriferruginea
* Acronicta pruni Harris, 1869

Acronicta clarescens, commonly known as the clear dagger moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on apple, cherry, mountain ash, plum and wild black cherry.

## External links

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* Bug Guide
* Lepidoptera of Wayne County, Ohio

Taxon identifiers

Acronicta clarescens|

* Wikidata: Q10730567
* BAMONA: Acronicta-clarescens
* BioLib: 1230730
* BOLD: 59736
* BugGuide: 28023
* CoL: 64NGW
* EoL: 476104
* GBIF: 1782706
* iNaturalist: 212422
* ITIS: 937599
* MONA: 9246
* NatureServe: 2.110940
* NCBI: 1485764
* Open Tree of Life: 3204428

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