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Single-dotted Wave

Idaea dimidiata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 9,856, February 7,280, March 11,406, April 17,944, May 25,872, June 28,212, July 30,189, August 25,962, September 19,061, October 14,227, November 7,774, December 6,076.
United States209,419
Alaska203,859
Canada7,416
Ontario4,474
United Kingdom1,821
England1,746
New York1,173
Washington934
Quebec927
Michigan668

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
GenusIdaea

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