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Wood-colored Apamea Moth

Apamea lignicolora

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 12, February 12, March 20, April 39, May 74, June 35, July 33, August 24, September 25, October 20, November 13, December 11.
United States1,048
Canada730
Ontario311
New York187
Minnesota135
Quebec124
Michigan109
Massachusetts81
Colorado76
Nova Scotia72

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

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