Acronicta insularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acronicta
Species:
A. insularis
Binomial name
Acronicta insularis
Synonyms
  • Simyra insularis Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
  • Leucania henrici Grote, 1873
  • Simyra henrici (Grote, 1873)
  • Leucania evanida Grote, 1873
  • Simyra evanida (Grote, 1873)
  • Ablepharon fumosum Morrison, 1874
  • Simyra fumosa (Morrison, 1874)
  • Ommatostolidea julithae Benjamin, 1933

Acronicta insularis, the cattail caterpillar (when referring to the larva) or Henry's marsh moth (when referring to the adult), is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1868. It is found from coast to coast throughout the United States and southern Canada (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba).[1][2][3]

The wingspan is 35–40 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September.

The larvae feed on Typha and Polygonum species, as well as various grasses and sedges, poplar and willow.

Acronicta insularis was formerly called Simyra insularis. In 2015, the genus Simyra, along with Oxicesta and Eogena, were moved to Acronicta based on phylogenetic analysis.[4]

The MONA or Hodges number for Acronicta insularis is 9280.[3][4]

Cattail Caterpillar
Marsh Dagger (Acronicta insularis)

Subspecies

  • Acronicta insularis insularis
  • Acronicta insularis julitae

References

  1. ↑ "Acronicta insularis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  2. 1 2 "North American Moth Photographers Group, Acronicta insularis". Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  3. 1 2 Wahlberg, Niklas; Zahiri, Reza; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Phylogenetic relationships of Acronictinae with discussion of the abdominal courtship brush in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (2). doi:10.1111/syen.12162.


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