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Sad Dagger

Acronicta tristis

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 4, February 4, March 6, April 14, May 26, June 17, July 24, August 13, September 12, October 10, November 6, December 5.
Canada327
United States162
Quebec133
Ontario92
New Brunswick59
Maine46
New York27
Newfoundland and Labrador23
Nova Scotia18
North Carolina16

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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