Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Clear Dagger Moth (Acronicta clarescens) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America.The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on apple, cherry, mountain ash, plum and wild black cherry.A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth (about ten times the number of species of butterfly), with thousands of species yet to be described.