''Acronicta cinerea'' is a

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. It is found from northern

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, the

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and Guberli. Some authors consider ''Acronicta cinerea'' a synonym of '' Acronicta euphorbiae''

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Fauna Europaea
Acronicta Moths of Europe Moths described in 1766 Taxa named by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel {{Acronictinae-stub