Field Guide Descriptions: Not in included in the field guides | Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD | Technical Description, Adults: Ferguson (1988); Schmidt and Anweiler (2020) | |
Adult Markings: A small, pale gray Acronicta with a distinctive black streak running lengthwise across the forewing (Ferguson, 1988); hindwings are grayish brown. Not likely to be confused with any other species of Acronicta or even other Noctuids. |
Adult Structural Features: Ferguson (1988) described the male reproductive structures as distinctive but similar to those of A. ybasis, a Mexican species (see Ferguson's description and also Schmidt and Anweiler, 2020). |
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens. |
Immatures and Development: Unknown to Ferguson (1988) and still not described (Schmidt and Anweiler, 2020) |