Acronicta interrupta

Interrupted dagger moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acronicta
Species:
A. interrupta
Binomial name
Acronicta interrupta
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Acronicta occidentalis
  • Acronicta sagittaria
  • Acronicta elisabeta
  • Acronicta elizabeta

Acronicta interrupta, the interrupted dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found across southern Canada south of the boreal forest, from New Brunswick west to eastern Alberta, south to Georgia, Nebraska and Arizona.[1][2]

The wingspan is 35–42 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August or September depending on the location. There are two or more generations per year in the south and one in the north.

The larvae feed on apple, apricot, birch, cherry, crabapple, elm, hawthorn, hop-hornbeam, mountain-ash, oak, plum and willow.

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Acronicta interrupta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (August 29, 2020). "Acronicta interrupta (Guenée, 1852)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 20, 2020.


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