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White Oak is the favored host plant, but other oaks in the white oak group might also be hosts (Wagner, 2011).
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Exiled Dagger Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/20/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Exiled Dagger Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/20/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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An Exiled Dagger Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/28/2014).
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Exiled Dagger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) treichard, all rights reserved.
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Exiled Dagger Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/19/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Exiled Dagger Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/3/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Exiled Dagger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/12/2020). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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Exiled Dagger Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/26/2019). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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An Exiled Dagger Moth.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Acronicta exilis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acronicta |
| Species: | A. exilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Acronicta exilis Grote, 1874
| |
Acronicta exilis, the exiled dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species is found in North America, including Iowa, New York, Maryland, Arkansas and Delaware.
The larvae feed on Quercus species.