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Afflicted and Marbled Oak Daggers and Allies
Acronicta afflicta
Acronicta afflicta, the afflicted dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Canada (Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario), the United States (including Alabama, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Georgia, Maryland, New York and Ohio) as well as northern Mexico.
The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September depending on the location.
6 branches of this group, most-observed first

Afflicted Dagger
speciesAcronicta afflicta

Marbled Oak Dagger
speciesAcronicta marmorata

Charred Dagger
speciesAcronicta brumosa

Acronicta liturata
speciesAcronicta liturata

Acronicta wiklei
speciesAcronicta wiklei
Acronicta dolens
speciesAcronicta dolens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 1293496.