Complex
Acronicta hastulifera (Frosted and large gray daggers)
Acronicta insita. Photo: (c) Jim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Acronicta hastulifera (frosted dagger moth) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the north-eastern United States as far south as Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Superfamily: Noctuoidea (Owlet moths and allies)
- Family: Noctuidae (Cutworm moths and allies)
- Subfamily: Acronictinae
- Genus: Acronicta (Dagger moths)
- Subgenus: Acronicta
- Section: Acronicta americana (American and large gray daggers and allies)
- Complex: Acronicta hastulifera (Frosted and large gray daggers)
- Section: Acronicta americana (American and large gray daggers and allies)
- Subgenus: Acronicta
- Genus: Acronicta (Dagger moths)
- Subfamily: Acronictinae
- Family: Noctuidae (Cutworm moths and allies)
- Superfamily: Noctuoidea (Owlet moths and allies)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
