| Moths of North Dakota |
Noctuidae: Acronictinae |
Acronicta sperata Grote 1873
| Common name: listed here as
Hopeful dagger moth.
Hodges #: 9258. Identification: Rfw 16.7 mm, fws powdery gray without dagger marks, median area contrastingly paler, hws nearly white in male, tibiae without setae, eyes lacking hair or lashes. Similar species: 9193, 9199, 9250, 9251. Distribution: southern Canada and temperate United States, southward in the Rockies. Hosts: Larvae feed on Populus– poplars and Alnus– alders.
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ND, Barnes/Ransom Co. line, Little Yellowstone St. Pk. 20- VI- 2001. Hg/ UV light, coll. P. Tinerella.
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