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Langton's Forester

Alypia langtoni

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Oregon.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 1, May 16, June 45, July 52, August 29, September 3, October 2, November 0, December 0.
Oregon148
British Columbia121
Alberta109
Alaska55
Washington45
California43
Quebec33
Ontario17
Prince Edward Island11
Colorado10

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
GenusAlypia

Sources

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