Acronicta fallax
Species of moth
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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.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acronicta |
| Species: | A. fallax |
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| Acronicta fallax (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) | |
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The wingspan is about 34 mm. Adults are on wing from February to November in Florida.
