Acronicta vulpina

Acronicta vulpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acronicta
Species: A. vulpina
Binomial name
Acronicta vulpina
Grote, 1883

The vulpina dagger moth or miller dagger moth (Acronicta vulpina) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from New York and Newfoundland west to central British Columbia, south to Colorado.

It was formerly considered a subspecies of Acronicta leporina (both species occur in eastern Russia).

The wingspan is 40–47 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Populus tremuloides, Betula papyrifera, Populus balsamifera Alnus rugosa and Salix species.

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