ACRONICTINAE
(daggers and knotgrasses)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Acronicta
daggers and knotgrasses
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 		Genus 8 subtaxa 96 images 4 ident. refs
Craniophora ligustri
Coronet
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 		Species 4 images
Moma alpium
Scarce Merveille Du Jour
Species 2 ident. refs
Subacronicta megacephala
Poplar Grey
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 		Species 13 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyACRONICTINAE (daggers and knotgrasses)
FamilyNOCTUIDAE (shuttle moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1983 Noctuidae (Cucullinae to Hypeninae) and Agaristidae (vol 10) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 10, Harley Books

ACRONICTINAE (daggers and knotgrasses) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ACRONICTINAE (daggers and knotgrasses)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 31 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ACRONICTINAE (daggers and knotgrasses)
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