Acronicta fallax

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Acronicta fallax
File:Acronicta fallax male.jpg
Male
File:Acronicta fallax female.jpg
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acronicta
Species:
A. fallax
Binomial name
Acronicta fallax
Synonyms
  • Moma fallax Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Agriopodes fallax
  • Moma geminata Smith, 1903
  • Agriopodes geminata

Acronicta fallax, the green marvel moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.[1][2] It is found in most of North America, from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Manitoba south to Arizona and Florida.

File:Acronicta fallax larva.jpg
Larva
File:Agriopodes fallax – Green Marvel Moth.jpg

The wingspan is about 34 mm. Adults are on wing from February to November in Florida.

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