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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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.
References
edit- ^ a b "Acronicta fallax Green Marvel Moth". NatureServe. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Schmidt, Christian; Wagner, David; Zacharczenko, Brigette; Zahiri, Reza; Anweiler, Gary (2014). "Polyphyly of lichen-cryptic dagger moths: synonymy of Agriopodes Hampson and description of a new basal acronictine genus, Chloronycta, gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)". ZooKeys. 421: 115–137. doi:10.3897/zookeys.421.7424.
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