Eyes glabrous; head and thorax hairy; labial palps long-haired ventrally, S3 short; forewing elongate, usually with dark basal streak.
I think the name of the type genus is derived from the black S2 of the labial palps shown by (all?) species in this subfamily
("acro-" = top / tip / extremity; "nicta" = wink)
I think the name of the type genus is derived from the black S2 of the labial palps shown by (all?) species in this subfamily
("acro-" = top / tip / extremity; "nicta" = wink)
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Moma
034 Moma alpium (Scarce Marveille du Jour) 
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Simyra
035 Simyra albovenosa (Reed Dagger) 
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Acronicta (10S)
Forewing colours mainly shades of white, grey and black. General forewing pattern of black basal streak; a dentate subbasal/antemedian line; usually a distinct and often black-ringed oval; kidney mark may be present or absent, well-marked or obscured by a diffuse median fascia; a sinuate postmedian line, convex to the termen in its costal half, concave to the termen in its dorsal half; a diffuse pale subterminal line; a chequered terminal fringe. Abdomen without a dorsal crest. Specific differences occur in the form of the sacculus in the male genitalia.
Forewing colours mainly shades of white, grey and black. General forewing pattern of black basal streak; a dentate subbasal/antemedian line; usually a distinct and often black-ringed oval; kidney mark may be present or absent, well-marked or obscured by a diffuse median fascia; a sinuate postmedian line, convex to the termen in its costal half, concave to the termen in its dorsal half; a diffuse pale subterminal line; a chequered terminal fringe. Abdomen without a dorsal crest. Specific differences occur in the form of the sacculus in the male genitalia.
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Subgenus: Jocheaera
036 Acronicta alni (Alder Moth) 
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Subgenus: Triaena
037 Acronicta tridens (Dark Dagger) 
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038 Acronicta psi (Grey Dagger) 
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Subgenus: Acronicta
039 Acronicta aceris (Sycamore) 
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040 Acronicta leporina (Miller) 
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Subgenus: Hyboma
041 Acronicta strigosa (Marsh Dagger) Extinct as a British resident since 1933, formerly bred in Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire. Rare migrant with 5 British records since 1996 (to 2018), Jul-Aug |
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Subgenus: Viminia
042 Acronicta menyanthidis (Light Knot-grass) 
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043 Acronicta auricoma (Scarce Dagger) Extinct as a British resident since ~1915, formerly bred in Surrey, Sussex and Kent. Rare migrant with <20 records since then. |
044 Acronicta cinerea (Sweet Gale Moth) fw: 14-16mm; Apr-Jun; bog-myrtle (Myrica gale), heather (Calluna vulgaris) and others; NS-A mainly in moorland in the central Scottish highlands. |
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045 Acronicta rumicis (Knot-grass) 
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Subacronicta
046 Subacronicta megacephala (Poplar Grey) 
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Craniophora
047 Craniophora ligustri (Coronet) 
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