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Gray Quaker

Orthosia alurina

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 9, February 9, March 14, April 44, May 52, June 24, July 18, August 17, September 18, October 14, November 9, December 8.
United States788
Canada272
Ontario219
New York157
Pennsylvania76
Michigan59
Quebec53
New Jersey42
Mississippi41
Connecticut40

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
GenusOrthosia

Sources

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