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Green Leuconycta Moth

Leuconycta diphteroides

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 121, February 124, March 196, April 383, May 736, June 1,166, July 746, August 235, September 247, October 202, November 126, December 113.
United States9,848
Canada4,922
Ontario2,936
New York2,440
Vermont775
Michigan683
Massachusetts655
Ohio609
Quebec539
New Hampshire493

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
GenusLeuconycta

Sources

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Practise Green Leuconycta Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.