Large Gray Dagger

Acronicta insita

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae

Acronicta insita, the large gray dagger or fingered dagger, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found from Newfoundland west to the Pacific coast and Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, south to North Carolina and Colorado.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Large Gray Dagger

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