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Gray Marvel Moth

Anterastria teratophora

904 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 14, February 14, March 22, April 44, May 84, June 56, July 30, August 27, September 28, October 23, November 14, December 13.
United States734
Canada401
Ontario352
Michigan181
Wisconsin117
New York84
Illinois37
Minnesota35
North Carolina29
West Virginia24

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusAnterastria

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