Agriopodes Fallax
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''Acronicta fallax'', the green marvel, is a moth of the family
Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.Schmidt, B. C., et al. (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. 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. The wingspan is about 34 mm. Adults are on wing from February to November in Florida. The larvae feed on '' Viburnum'' species. They feed on the leaf underside. Full-grown larvae are bright lime to yellowish green with a whitish middorsal and somewhat broader subdorsal stripe.


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fallax Moths of North America Moths described in 1854 {{Acronictinae-stub