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Maple Dagger
Acronicta retardata
Acronicta retardata, the retarded dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. A. retardata is found from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas, north to Manitoba. The larvae feed on the leaves of red maple and sugar maple.
From the article Acronicta retardata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The wingspan is 25–32 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August depending on the location. There are multiple generations per year.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 208032.