Acronicta leporina

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Family Noctuidae

'The Noctuids are members of the Superfamily Noctuoidea. Worldwide in distribution, this family is the largest in the Lepidoptera and has approximately 20,000 species. About 2,900 of these are found in North America, and there is wide variation in appearance and behavior. Most moths are gray to brown in color and have line or spots on their wings . Some species are brightly colored . They are small to large in size, and most species are medium-sized with wingspans 2 - 4.5 cm. When at rest, adults of most species hold their wings above their bodies like a roof. Noctuids are typically nocturnal , though some species are diurnal . Most larvae feed on plant foliage , dead leaves, lichens, and fungi; many are serious forest pests. Some species are leaf miners, others are stem- or leaf-borers, and still others feed at night on plant shoots. Noctuid moths pupate in cells in soil, in plant cavities, or in silk cocoons .

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Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,658 meters (0 to 8,720 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Acronicta

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 48 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. afflicta (Afflicted Dagger Moth) · A. albarufa (Barrens Dagger Moth) · A. americana (American Dagger Moth) · A. betulae (Birch Dagger Moth) · A. brumosa (Afflicted Dagger Moth) · A. clarescens (Clear Dagger Moth) · A. connecta (Connected Dagger) · A. dactylina (Alder Dagger Moth) · A. exilis (Exiled Dagger Moth) · A. falcula (Corylus Dagger Moth) · A. fragilis (Fragile Dagger) · A. funeralis (Funerary Dagger Moth) · A. furcifera (Forked Dagger) · A. grisea (Gray Dagger) · A. haesitata (Hesitant Dagger) · A. hasta (Cherry Dagger Moth) · A. hastulifera (Frosted Dagger) · A. heitzmani (Heitzman's Dagger Moth) · A. impleta (Yellow-Haired Dagger Moth) · A. impressa (Printed Dagger) · A. inclara (Unclear Dagger Moth) · A. increta (Raspberry Bud Dagger Moth) · A. innotata (Birch Dagger Moth) · A. interrupta (Interrupted Dagger Moth) · A. laetifica (Pleasant Dagger Moth) · A. lanceolaria (Noctuid Moth) · A. leporina (Miller) · A. lepusculina (Cottonwood Dagger Moth) · A. lithospila (Streaked Dagger Moth) · A. lobeliae (Greater Oak Dagger Moth) · A. marmorata (Marble Dagger Moth) · A. modica (Medium Dagger Moth) · A. morula (Ochre Dagger Moth) · A. oblinita (Smeared Dagger Moth) · A. ovata (Ovate Dagger) · A. pruni (Prunus Dagger Moth) · A. radcliffei (Radcliffe's Dagger Moth) · A. retardata (Nondescript Dagger Moth) · A. rubricoma (Ruddy Dagger Moth) · A. rumicis (Knotgrass Moth) · A. spinigera (Nondescript Dagger Moth) · A. superans (Splendid Dagger) · A. thoracica (Acronicta Thoracica) · A. tridens (Dark Dagger) · A. tristis (Acronicta Tristis) · A. tritona (Noctuid Moth) · A. vinnula (Delightful Dagger) · A. vulpina (Miller Dagger)

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Further Reading

• A natural history of the British Lepidoptera: a text-book for students and collectors / by J.W. Tutt. London: S. Sonnenschein, 1899-1904. url p. 39, p. 83.
• A natural history of the British butterflies; their world-wide variation and geographical distribution. A text-book for students and collectors. London: E. Stock, [19--?] url p. 11, p. 42, p. 83.
• British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url p. 147, p. 34, p. 51, p. 69, p. 71, p. 77.
• Butterflies and moths of Newfoundland and Labrador: the macrolepidoptera / [Ottawa]: Agriculture Canada, 1980. url p. 279, p. 324.
• Catalog of hymenoptera in America north of Mexico / prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein. .. [et al.]. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979- url p. 242.
• Keys to the insects of the European USSR. (Opredelitel nasekomykh Evropeiskoi chasti SSSR) Compiled by G. Ya. Bei-Bienko [and others] Editorial board: B.E. Bykhovskii [and others] Translated from Russian [by] Jean Salkind. Edited by O. Theodor] Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations; [available from U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.], 1967- url p. 125.
• Larvae of owlet moths (Noctuidae): biology, morphology, and classification / by O.I. Merzheevskaya; George L. Godfrey, scientific editor; [translated from the Russian by P.M. Rao]. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation, 1988. url p. 77, p. 80.
• List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum / London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1854-66. url p. 44.
• List of the specimens of the British animals in the collection of the British museum. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1845-55. url .
• Moths / by G.F. Hampson. London: Taylor and Francis, 1892-1937. url p. 240.
• On a collection of butterflies. London, 1880-98 url p. 397.
• Papilio. New York, New York Entomological Club. url p. 185.
• Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url p. 118, p. 129, p. 49, p. 56, p. 57.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 365.
• Proceedings of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London [Eng]: South London Entomological and Natural history Society, [1897-1933] url p. 120, p. 16, p. 2, p. 33, p. 48, p. 51, p. 64, p. 65, p. 73, p. 73, p. 75, p. 77, p. 78, p. 85, p. 99.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url , p. 59, p. 903.
• The British noctuæ and their varieties / by J.W. Tutt. London: Swan, 1891-1892. url .
• The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] url p. 213, p. 236.
• The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url , , , , p. 117, p. 119, p. 12, p. 120, p. 124, p. 129, p. 14, p. 143, p. 146, p. 147, p. 148, p. 152, p. 17, p. 17, p. 178, p. 19, p. 19, p. 190, p. 191, p. 191, p. 209, p. 21, p. 214, p. 23, p. 23, p. 243, p. 251, p. 26, p. 260, p. 268, p. 271, p. 272, p. 274, p. 28, p. 292, p. 298, p. 309, p. 312, p. 333, p. 334, p. 336, p. 340, p. 341, p. 342, p. 343, p. 344, p. 36, p. 38, p. 4, p. 52, p. 53, p. 56, p. 57, p. 61, p. 62, p. 71, p. 74, p. 76, p. 78, p. 84, p. 84, p. 9, p. 91, p. 92, p. 96.
• The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- url p. 111, p. 141, p. 264.
• Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere Jena [Germany]:G. Fischer, c -1993. url p. 526.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 16, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norwegian Lepidoptera collection, Oslo
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Bugs
• Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Lepidoptera dataset
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, European Moth Nights
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, Lepidoptera collection of Hannu Saarenmaa
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, Lepidopterological Society of Finland
• inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn, inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2603459
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-261576.0
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1892254
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 188665
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IILEYAQ080
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 156708

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=34&sci=Noctuidae&com=Owlet Moths, Miller Moths [back]
2. Mean = 142.380 meters (467.126 feet), Standard Deviation = 269.250 based on 947 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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