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Smooth Amphipyra Moth

Amphipyra glabella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 7, February 7, March 11, April 21, May 40, June 19, July 23, August 18, September 13, October 11, November 7, December 6.
United States429
Canada269
Ontario167
Michigan90
New York64
Quebec39
Colorado34
Alberta33
Massachusetts30
Ohio28

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
GenusAmphipyra

Sources

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