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Light-ribboned Wave

Leptostales ferruminaria

2,053 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 Oklahoma.January 17, February 16, March 19, April 34, May 35, June 33, July 79, August 48, September 15, October 15, November 15, December 15.
United States1,095
Oklahoma391
Texas348
Canada194
Ontario120
New York88
Tennessee65
Virginia65
Missouri63
West Virginia49

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusLeptostales

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