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title: "Acronicte d'Amérique"
description: "Acronicta americana — Insectes et araignées. Acronicta americana, the American dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/american-dagger
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Acronicte d'Amérique

> Acronicta americana — Insectes et araignées. Acronicta americana, the American dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

- Scientific name: *Acronicta americana*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt)
- iNaturalist observations: 45421
- Wikidata: [Q2040387](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2040387)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145659](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145659)

## Names

- en: American Dagger
- fr: Acronicte d'Amérique

## Countries with the most observations

US (30723), CA (9052)

## Summary

Acronicta americana, the American dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was originally described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841 and is native to North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronicta_americana

## Photo

![Acronicte d'Amérique](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-dagger/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jack Gelinas · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/368919003

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/american-dagger?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).