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Acronicta Radcliffei (Harvey, 1875) |
Radcliff's Dagger |
MONA# 9209 |
Family: Noctuidae
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Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea
FAMILY: Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY: Acronictinae (Dagger Moth)
Acronicta radcliffei
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General Species Description
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| SPECIES RANGE: from southern Canada to mountains of Georgia and northern Arkansa (and northern California), but absent from many areas within this range. |
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| References: |
- Sources: Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America, D. Wagner, Schweitzer, Sullivan, Reardon, 2011
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FIELD NOTES for Acronicta Radcliffei: |
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| Locality & GPS coords |
| Gunnison National Forest, Colorado *undocumented state record |
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| Collector(s) |
Jennifer Bundy |
Field observations:
| Larvae |
- collected during 1st instar |
| - larvae reared on Colorado host plant (alder) during early instar, cherry from Connecticut penultimate and ultimate instar, black cherry from southeastern Arizona during ultimate instar. |
| Adults |
- adult specimens arrived to blacklight at same locality where larvae were collected, July 2011 |
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Ecology Notes:
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According to Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America (D. Wagner, Schweitzer, Sullivan, Reardon, 2011), this species occurs from southern Canada to mountains of Georgia and northern Arkansas, plus northern California. However, I collected larvae of this species in southwestern Colorado, as well as adults during the evening. More than likely the species occures in more western states than currently documented. |
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| HABITAT |
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| Gunnison National Forest, Colorado |
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| HOST |
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| Alder? |
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REARING / LAB NOTES for Acronicta Radcliffei: |
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| Food plant used |
Host from Colorado, cherry from Connecticut, black cherry from Arizona |
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| Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar) |
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| Number of days (prepupa) |
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| Number of days (pupa to eclosion) |
Eclosion-Fall 2011 |
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Parasitoids:
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none observed |
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| Ultimate stage |
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| Head shot, Ultimate stage |
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| Adult |
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| adult (eclosed fall 2011) |
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