Acronicta impressa, the impressive dagger moth or willow dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found from western Canada to north-western Mexico.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acronicta |
| Species: | A. impressa
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| Acronicta impressa Walker, 1856
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The wingspan is about 38 mm. Adults are on wing from early to midsummer depending on the location.
Recorded food plants include bitterbrush, rose, aspen, poplar and willow.
Subspecies
edit- Acronicta impressa impressa
- Acronicta impressa emaculata
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acronicta impressa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (August 29, 2020). "Acronicta impressa (Walker, 1856)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
External links
edit- "Species Details Acronicta impressa". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- Murray, Tom (March 28, 2018). "Species Acronicta impressa - Impressed Dagger Moth - Hodges#9261". BugGuide. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- "931477.00 – 9261 – Acronicta impressa – Impressive Dagger – (Walker, 1856)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- "Acronicta impressa Walker, 1856". Pacific Northwest Moths.
- "Acronicta impressa [Noctuidae]". Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands. US Geological Survey.
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