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Dappled Dart

Anaplectoides pressus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 11, February 10, March 15, April 36, May 66, June 44, July 208, August 34, September 30, October 25, November 14, December 13.
Canada1,370
United States670
Quebec334
British Columbia292
Ontario261
Alaska242
Alberta210
Nunavut128
Michigan89
Newfoundland and Labrador56

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
GenusAnaplectoides

Sources

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