Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816
(daggers and knotgrasses)

Interactions where Acronicta is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Nilea hortulana a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/Nilea hortulanaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Acronicta/Acronictadaggers and knotgrasseslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Acronicta (daggers and knotgrasses) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Acronicta (daggers and knotgrasses) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Acronicta aceris
Sycamore Moth
Species 3 trophisms
Acronicta alni
Alder Moth
Species 3 trophisms
Acronicta auricoma
Scarce Dagger
Species 1 trophisms
Acronicta cinerea
Sweet Gale Moth
Species 1 subtaxa 1 references
Acronicta psi
Grey Dagger
Species 13 trophisms 1 references
Acronicta rumicis
Knot Grass Moth
Species 4 trophisms
Acronicta tridens
Dark Dagger
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
[Acronicta psi/tridens]
dagger moths, grey/dark dagger
Informal 2 subtaxa 16 trophisms 3 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAcronicta (daggers and knotgrasses)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Acronicta (daggers and knotgrasses)

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shaw, M.R. 1979 Rogas pulchripes (Wesmael) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and other parasites of arboreal Acronicta species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) at Chat Moss, Manchester Ent. Gazette 30: 291-294.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Acronicta (daggers and knotgrasses):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 96 images of Acronicta (daggers and knotgrasses)
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