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Thoughtful Apamea

Apamea cogitata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 43, February 40, March 62, April 72, May 112, June 97, July 77, August 69, September 61, October 48, November 39, December 39.
United States1,736
Canada1,474
British Columbia758
Alaska480
Alberta344
Idaho226
Nunavut155
Oregon141
Washington89
Quebec69

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
GenusApamea

Sources

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