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Interrupted Dagger

Acronicta interrupta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 15, February 15, March 24, April 46, May 89, June 42, July 31, August 28, September 30, October 24, November 15, December 14.
United States1,429
Canada500
Ontario374
New York198
Michigan185
Ohio89
Pennsylvania66
Massachusetts63
Virginia58
Colorado57

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusDagger Moths · Acronicta

Sources

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