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Noctuidae
931427 – 9206   Acronicta vulpina (Grote, 1883)
             Miller Dagger

© John Davis
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  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • vulpina (Grote, 1883) (Apatela)
      Type locality: Dorcas Bay, ON.
  • cassinoi (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926) (Apatela)
  • cretatoides (Benjamin, 1935) (Apatela)
  • leporina of authors; (not Linnaeus, 1758) (Phalaena) misappl.
  • moesta (Dyar, 1904) (Apatela)
  • sancta (Edwards, 1888) (Apatela)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Acronicta vulpina (Grote, 1883), listed as a subspecies of Acronicta leporina (extralimital), in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist), is treated as a full species in Kononenko et al. (1989), Mikkola et al. (1991), and Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010).
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Schmidt, B.C. & G.G. Anweiler, 2020. Noctuidae (Part) Pantheinae, Raphiinae, Balsinae, Acronictinae. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 25.4: 167; pl. A-11, figs. 12-16 (adult); pl. 21, fig. 3 (♂ gen.); pl. 38, fig. 8 (♀ gen.); pl. L-8, fig. 2 (larva) (order).
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
    Acronicta vulpina
    © Janice Stiefel
    Acronicta vulpina
    © Jason Dombroskie
    Acronicta vulpina
    © John Davis
    Acronicta vulpina
    © Jim Sogaard
    Acronicta vulpina
    © Gary Anweiler
    Acronicta vulpina
    38mm – © Jim Vargo
    Acronicta vulpina
    © Janice Stiefel
    5th instar
    Acronicta vulpina
    © Janice Stiefel
    4th instar
    Acronicta vulpina
    © Janice Stiefel
    3rd instar
    Acronicta vulpina
    © Janice Stiefel
    2nd instar

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