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{{short description|Species of moth}}
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| image = Acronicta aceris FvL.jpg
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▲| binomial = ''Acronicta aceris''
▲| binomial_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
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[[Image:Acronicta taurica.JPG|thumb|left|100px|''A. a. taurica'']]▼
The '''sycamore''' (''Acronicta aceris'') is a [[moth]] of the family [[Noctuidae]]. It is distributed through most of [[Europe]], from central [[England]] south to [[Morocco]]. To the east it is found from the [[Near East]] and [[Middle East]] to West [[Asia]].▼
▲The '''sycamore''' ('''''Acronicta aceris''''') is a [[moth]] of the family [[Noctuidae]]. The species was [[Species description|first described]] by [[Carl Linnaeus]] in his 1758 [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'']]. It is distributed through most of
The forewings of this species are pale to dark grey with rather indistinct markings apart from a thin black basal streak. The hindwings are white, sometimes with dark streaks at the margin. The [[wingspan]] is 40–45 mm. The adults fly at night from June to August {{ref|flight_season}} and are attracted to light and sugar.▼
▲The forewings of this species are pale to dark grey with rather indistinct markings apart from a thin black basal streak. The hindwings are white, sometimes with dark streaks at the margin. The [[wingspan]] is 40–45 mm
The extraordinary [[larva]] is very distinctive, thickly covered with very long yellow and orange hairs with white spots outlined in black along the back. It feeds on various [[maple]]s and also on [[Common Horse-chestnut]], [[Large-leaved Lime]], [[Mulberry]] and [[Pedunculate Oak]]. The species overwinters as a [[pupa]]. Contrary to its bright colours, it is not poisonous, but may cause skin irritation if handled excessively.<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qOyV7KnJRCYC&lpg=PA49&ots=8tS2Jr3CF-&dq=sycamore%20moth%20larvae%20poisonous&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q=sycamore%20moth%20larvae%20poisonous&f=false</ref>▼
==Technical description and variation==
#{{Note|flight_season}}''The flight season refers to the [[British Isles]]. This may vary in other parts of the range.''▼
{{Entomology glossary hatnote}}
[[Image:Acronicta aceris caterpillar - Keila.jpg|thumb|Caterpillar]]
Forewing whitish grey; basal streak thin and interrupted: a black streak through outer line on submedian fold; hindwing white in male, greyish in female, the veins blackish. — ab. ''infuscata'' Haw. (2f) has the whole forewing dark suffused grey. - ab. ''candelisequa'' Esp., to which Staudinger wrongly sinks ''infuscata'', seems, from the figure, to be intermediate between it and the type, if it belong here at all: ab. ''intermedia'' Tutt (= ''candelisequa'' Gn. nec Esp.) is the common British form, with forewing darker, tinged with ochreous, and more distinct markings; ab. ''judaea'' Stgr. from Palestine is paler, the forewing greyish white. Larva with diffuse tufts of long yellow or fulvous hairs; a dorsal series of snow white, purple-edged, diamond-shaped spots, sometimes united by a white line: head black.<ref>[[William Warren (entomologist)|Warren. W.]] in [[Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]] Ed., 1914 ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'', Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914{{PD-notice}}</ref>
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▲The extraordinary [[larva]] is very distinctive, thickly covered with very long yellow and orange hairs with white spots outlined in black along the back. It feeds on various [[maple]]s and also on [[
== Subspecies ==
*''A. a. aceris'' - Europe
*''A. a. taurica'' - [[Cyprus]]
*''A. a. judaea'' - [[Levant]]
== Notes ==
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== References ==
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==External links==
{{Commonscat|Acronicta aceris}}
{{Wikispecies|Acronicta aceris}}
*{{cite web |last=Kimber |first=Ian |url=https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/acronicta-aceris/ |title=73.039 BF2279 The Sycamore ''Acronicta aceris'' (Linnaeus, 1758) |website=UKMoths |accessdate=19 October 2020}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215643/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=449422 ''Fauna Europaea'']
*[http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Acronicta_Aceris "08778 ''Acronicta aceris'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ahorn-Rindeneule"]. ''Lepiforum e. V.'' Retrieved 19 October 2020. {{in lang|de}}
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