Achatia distincta
| Achatia distincta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Achatia |
| Species: | A. distincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Achatia distincta Hübner, [1813] | |
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The Distinct Quaker (Achatia distincta) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast in most of United States and south-eastern Canada (from Quebec to Manitoba).
The wingspan is 30–37 mm. Adults are on wing from late March to early May. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the leaves of ash, birch, butternut, flowering crabapple, grape, hickory, maple and oak.
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