Medium Oak Dagger
Acronicta immodica (Schmidt & Anweiler, 2020)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acronictinae
Identification: Forewing medium gray with AM and PM line usually conspicuously double; basal dash thick but usually not touching small blackish blotch at middle of AM line; hindwing grayish-brown
Wing Span: 3.5 cm
Life History: Two generations per year in the south; one in the north
Flight: April to August or September; peak numbers in June and July.
Caterpillar Hosts: Leaves of Red Oak and White Oak
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Nova Scotia to South Carolina, west to Texas, north to Ontario
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
Taxonomy Notes: Acronicta modica (Walker, 1856) includes as synonym 9245 Acronicta haesitata (Grote, 1882) in Schmidt & Anweiler (2020), MONA Fascicle 25.4: 147. Specimens previously identified as this species refer to 9242.1 Acronicta immodica Schmidt & Anweiler, 2020, n. sp., MONA Fascicle 25.4: 145.
BAMONA Shop
Please donate!
We depend on donations to keep Butterflies and Moths of North America freely available. We want to express our gratitude to all who showed their support by making a contribution this year. You can donate to support this project at any time.
Advertise with us!
Do you have a product or service that you think would interest BAMONA users? If you would like to advertise on this website, contact us by email, or use the contact form and select the "Advertising" category.
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 102 verified sightings
Observation date: Jun 13, 2023
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: BarbSendelbach
Verified date: Jan 26, 2025
Observation date: Jun 13, 2024
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: BarbSendelbach
Verified date: Jan 26, 2025
Observation date: Aug 31, 2022
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: BarbSendelbach
Verified date: Jan 26, 2025
Observation date: Aug 27, 2022
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: BarbSendelbach
Verified date: Jan 26, 2025
Observation date: Aug 02, 2022
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: BarbSendelbach
Verified date: Jan 26, 2025
Observation date: Jun 22, 2024
Submitted by: Shane Miller
Region: Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 02, 2024
Observation date: Jul 22, 2023
Submitted by: HCGregory
Region: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 13, 2023
Observation date: Jul 09, 2023
Submitted by: JMJaskula
Region: Newton County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 11, 2023
Observation date: Jul 24, 2022
Submitted by: LadyAshleyR
Region: Garrett County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 21, 2023
Observation date: Jul 19, 2022
Submitted by: Allen B
Region: Fentress County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 13, 2022
Observation date: Jul 22, 2022
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: BarbSendelbach
Verified date: Jul 29, 2022
Observation date: Jul 25, 2022
Submitted by: Don Marotte
Region: Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 27, 2022
Observation date: Jul 23, 2022
Submitted by: robpendergast
Region: Portage County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Ilona L.
Verified date: Jul 27, 2022
Observation date: May 16, 2022
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Dade County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: May 29, 2022
Observation date: May 22, 2022
Submitted by: Allen B
Region: Fentress County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: Allen B
Verified date: May 25, 2022
Observation date: Sep 26, 2017
Submitted by: Louise Dawson
Region: Genesee County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Apr 21, 2022
Observation date: Jul 18, 2020
Submitted by: nehall
Region: Martinsville, Virginia, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Feb 08, 2022
Observation date: Jul 02, 2021
Submitted by: Allen B
Region: Fentress County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: Allen B
Verified date: Jan 18, 2022
Observation date: Jul 19, 2019
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: BarbSendelbach
Verified date: Jan 11, 2022
Observation date: Aug 01, 2021
Submitted by: Elizabeth Wolfe
Region: Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 07, 2021
Observation date: Jun 09, 2021
Submitted by: meadowglenfarm
Region: Scott County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 19, 2021
Observation date: May 22, 2020
Submitted by: Rose A. Payne
Region: Bibb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Feb 13, 2021
Observation date: Sep 26, 2017
Submitted by: Louise Dawson
Region: Genesee County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: Mark Wheeler
Verified date: Feb 07, 2021
Observation date: May 16, 2016
Submitted by: Rangertsp
Region: Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 24, 2020
- 1 of 5
- next ›