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Acronicta thoracica (Grote, 1880) |
Dagger Moths |
MONA# 9230 |
Family:
Noctuidae
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Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea
FAMILY: Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY: Acronictinae
Acronicta thoracica
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General Species Description
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FIELD NOTES for Acronicta thoracica: |
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| Locality & GPS coords |
| Copper Canyon, Huachua Mts, AZ |
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| HABITAT |
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| Habitat: oak woodland (Huachuca Mts, AZ) |
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| HOST |
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| Prunus serotina (no image) |
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REARING / LAB NOTES for Acronicta thoracica: |
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| Found as |
| early stage to penultimate stage |
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| Food plant used |
Prunus serotina |
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Morphology Notes:
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Parasitoids:
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No |
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| Penultimate stage |
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| Ultimate stage, lateral |
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| Ultimate stage, dorsal |
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| Ultimate stage, head |
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