Anicla illapsa

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Snowy dart
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Anicla
Species:
A. illapsa
Binomial name
Anicla illapsa
(Walker, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Euagrotis illapsa(Walker, 1857)

Anicla illapsa (snowy dart) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from New Brunswick to Florida, west to Texas, Nebraska and Ontario.

The wingspan is 29–35 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October. There are two generations per year.

Larvae have been reared on Phleum pratense and probably feed on various other grasses in the wild.


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