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Acronicta hasta (Forked Dagger Moth)

Synonyms: Acronicta furcifera; Acronicta manitoba; Acronicta telum; Acronicta wanda

Wikipedia Abstract

The forked dagger moth, speared dagger moth, cherry dagger moth or dart dagger moth (Acronicta hasta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the eastern deciduous woodlands, ranging west across southern Saskatchewan and Alberta into central southern British Columbia, south to Tennessee, Wisconsin and Kansas. Acronicta furcifera was considered a separate species until 1998, but is now considered a synonym. The wingspan is 35–45 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September depending on the location. There are two or more generations per year in the south and one or two in the north.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.575 inches (.04 m)

Prey / Diet

Prunus americana (Wild Plum)[2]
Prunus pensylvanica (Fire Cherry)[2]
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry)[2]
Quercus rubra (Red Oak)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Auditory influences on the flight behaviour of moths in a Nearctic site. I. Flight tendency, Scott B. Morrill and James H. Fullard, CAN. J. ZOOL. VOL. 70, 1992, pp. 1097-1101
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0