| Acronicta cuspis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acronicta |
| Species: | A. cuspis |
| Binomial name | |
| Acronicta cuspis (Hübner, 1813) |
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The Large Dagger (Acronicta cuspis) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed through most of Europe, Northern Africa (Morocco), the European part of Russia, the Caucasus, the Russian Far East (Primorye, southern Khabarovsk, southern]] Amur region), southern Siberia, Transcaucasia, central Asia, China, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) and the Korean Peninsula.
The wingspan is 37–41 mm.
The larva feed on a number of plants, including Alder, Grey Alder, Rowan, Silver Birch and Downy Birch.