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The Latin

Callopistria juventina

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 69, February 51, March 79, April 125, May 180, June 196, July 210, August 180, September 132, October 99, November 54, December 42.
United States1,417
Alaska1,417
France344
Spain251
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes159
Austria147
Galicia146
Portugal141
Steiermark119
Italy102

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
GenusFern Moths · Callopistria

Sources

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