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Streaked Dagger

Acronicta lithospila

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 11, February 10, March 12, April 20, May 36, June 35, July 45, August 36, September 18, October 15, November 11, December 11.
United States870
Massachusetts188
New York104
Canada99
Ontario72
North Carolina54
Mississippi52
Michigan48
Connecticut39
Virginia38

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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