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INSECTS

Hopeful Dagger

Acronicta sperata

Native

Hopeful Dagger, Caterpillar

Hopeful Dagger, Adult

Hopeful Dagger, photo 3 of 5

Butterfly or moth in the family Noctuidae.

Status

SecureS5 · level 5 of 5

Critically imperilledImperilledVulnerableApparently secureSecure

Very low risk: very widespread, abundant populations, little or no decline.

Taxonomy

KingdomAnimalia PhylumArthropoda ClassInsecta OrderLepidoptera FamilyNoctuidae GenusAcronicta

What the caterpillar eats

Ash-leaf mapleAcer negundo

Balsam firAbies balsamea

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