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Bracken Borer Moth

Papaipema pterisii

1,816 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 31, February 32, March 51, April 100, May 191, June 90, July 67, August 61, September 233, October 53, November 33, December 29.
Canada1,483
United States1,231
Ontario802
Quebec419
New York347
Michigan247
Massachusetts170
Nova Scotia119
Vermont97
Minnesota89

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
GenusPapaipema

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