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Hylonycta
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Hylonycta

Acronicta is a genus of noctuid moths containing about 150 species distributed mainly in the temperate Holarctic, with some in adjacent subtropical regions. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Caterpillars of most Acronicta species are unmistakable, with brightly colored hairy spikes, and often feed quite visibly on common foliate trees. The hairy spikes may contain poison, which cause itchy, painful, swollen rash in humans on contact. The...

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4 branches of this group, most-observed first

Acronicta hercules

speciesAcronicta hercules

Acronicta carbonaria

speciesAcronicta carbonaria

Acronicta catocaloida

speciesAcronicta catocaloida

Acronicta subornata

speciesAcronicta subornata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1096175.