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Conifer Swift Moth

Korscheltellus gracilis

678 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 Quebec.January 10, February 8, March 13, April 31, May 57, June 38, July 89, August 29, September 25, October 21, November 12, December 11.
Canada807
United States309
Quebec287
Maine150
Ontario130
Nova Scotia109
Newfoundland and Labrador100
New Brunswick77
Nunavut43
New York25

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
FamilySwift Moths · Hepialidae
GenusKorscheltellus

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