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Bog Copper

Tharsalea epixanthe

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 26, February 26, March 42, April 82, May 157, June 75, July 288, August 50, September 53, October 43, November 27, December 24.
Canada1,167
United States1,051
Ontario657
New York269
Quebec243
Michigan141
Nova Scotia101
Maine92
Minnesota90
New Hampshire90

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusTharsalea

Sources

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