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Acronicta funeralis

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Acronicta funeralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acronicta
Species:
A. funeralis
Binomial name
Acronicta funeralis
Grote & Robinson, 1866
Synonyms
  • Acronicta fuscalis

Acronicta funeralis (funerary dagger moth or paddle caterpillar) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It has a scattered distribution. It is found from Manitoba to Nova Scotia, south to Maryland. It is also found in Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and along the west-coast from California to British Columbia.

The wingspan is 32–40 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August depending on the location. It has two or more generations per year in the south and one or two in the north.

The larvae feed on leaves of alder, apple, birch, blueberry and huckleberry, cottonwood, dogwood, elm, hazel, hickory, maple, oak and willow.