Acronicta dactylina

Acronicta dactylina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acronicta
Species: A. dactylina
Binomial name
Acronicta dactylina
Grote, 1874
Synonyms
  • Acronicta hesperida Smith, 1897

The fingered dagger moth or alder dagger (Acronicta dactylina) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Newfoundland west to the Pacific coast and Vancouver Island, south to North Carolina and Colorado.

Acronicta hesperida was formerly considered to be a separate species,[1] but is now considered a synonym.

The wingspan is 45–55 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation depending on the location.

The larvae feed on alder, birch, poplar, hawthorn and willow.

References

  1. ↑ Mayr, Ernst (June 1996). "What Is a Species, and What Is Not?". Philosophy of Science. 63 (2): 262–277. JSTOR 188473.


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