Acronicta alni

Acronicta alni, the alder moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe (from southern Fennoscandia to Spain, Italy and the Balkans), Turkey, the European part of Russia and the neighbouring countries, the Caucasus, the Ural, southern Siberia, Transbaikalia, the Russian Far East (Primorye, Sakhalin, southern Kuriles, Khabarovsk and the Amur region), China, Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu) and the Korean Peninsula.

  • Acronicta alni
    Acronicta alni
  • Caterpillar
    Caterpillar
  • Caterpillar on leaf
    Caterpillar on leaf
  • Young larva at the "bird dirt" stage and final instar larva (figs.1,1a,1b)
    Young larva at the "bird dirt" stage and final instar larva (figs.1,1a,1b)

Acronicta alni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acronicta
Species:
A. alni
Binomial name
Acronicta alni
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena alni Linnaeus, 1767

Further reading
  • South R. (1907) The Moths of the British Isles, (First Series), Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London & NY: 359 pp. online

Notes
    • ^ The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.
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