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Acronicta laetifica, the pleasant dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by John Bernhardt Smith in 1897. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas, north to Manitoba.[1][2]

Acronicta laetifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acronicta
Species:
A. laetifica
Binomial name
Acronicta laetifica
J. B. Smith, 1897

The wingspan is 37–43 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in Ohio and from April to October in the south. There are two or more generations in the south and one in the north.

The larvae feed on Carya species (hickory).


References


  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acronicta laetifica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku (August 29, 2020). "Acronicta laetifica (Smith, 1897)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 20, 2020.



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