Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Lanceolate Dagger Moth or Pointed Dagger (Acronicta lanceolaria) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia.Adults are on wing in early June in one generation. The larva feed on various woody shrubs. In rare cases they also feed on eastern larch, Pinus and possibly other Pinophyta.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.