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Acronicta cuspis 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Acronicta Species: A. cuspis Binomial name Acronicta cuspis
(Hübner, 1813)Synonyms - Noctua cuspis Hubner,[1813]
The Large Dagger (Acronicta cuspis) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed through most of Europe, Northern Africa (Morocco), the European part of Russia, the Caucasus, the Russian Far East (Primorye, southern Khabarovsk, southern]] Amur region), southern Siberia, Transcaucasia, central Asia, China, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) and the Korean Peninsula.
The wingspan is 37–41 mm.
The larva feed on a number of plants, including Alder, Grey Alder, Rowan, Silver Birch and Downy Birch.
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