Anicla forbesi (Forbes' dart) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Nova Scotia to western Ontario, south to northern Ohio and Pennsylvania, along the Appalachian Mountains to southwest Virginia and west to northern Michigan, central Wisconsin and northern Minnesota.

Anicla forbesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Anicla
Species:
A. forbesi
Binomial name
Anicla forbesi
(Franclemont, 1952)
Synonyms
  • Euagrotis forbesi Franclemont, 1952

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.

Larvae have been reared on Phleum pratense and probably feed on various other grasses in the wild.

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