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White-banded Black Moth

Rheumaptera subhastata

67 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 Alaska.January 230, February 170, March 266, April 419, May 604, June 658, July 705, August 606, September 445, October 332, November 181, December 142.
United States4,868
Alaska4,758
Canada244
Nunavut80
Manitoba43
British Columbia40
Colorado30
Alberta26
Saskatchewan23
Wyoming21

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
GenusRheumaptera

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