Interrupted Dagger Moth
Acronicta interrupta
Summary 6
The Interrupted Dagger Moth (Acronicta interrupta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found across southern Canada south of the Boreal forest, from New Brunswick west to eastern Alberta, south to Georgia, Nebraska and Arizona.
Habitat 7
Dry deciduous woodland edge and tall shrub.
Life cycle 8
A solitary defoliator of deciduous trees and shrubs. There is a single annual brood that overwinters in the pupal stage. Adults come to light.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Nancy Magnusson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/34312269@N04/9577368430/
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files1/JV/300/JV9237-300-38.jpg
- (c) BIO Photography Group, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.boldsystems.org/archive/image.php?id=bold.org/20778
- (c) BIO Photography Group, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.boldsystems.org/archive/image.php?id=bold.org/20779
- (c) BIO Photography Group, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.boldsystems.org/archive/image.php?id=bold.org/28282
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronicta_interrupta
- (c) University of Alberta Museums, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/31885016
- (c) University of Alberta Museums, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/31885017
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Animal Diversity Web
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- BugGuide
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
- CalPhotos
- CUIC Insect Images
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- Maryland Moths
- Mass Moths
- Moth Photographers Group
- Moths of North Carolina
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- Pacific Northwest Moths
