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Faint-spotted Quaker

Apamea scoparia

401 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 12, February 10, March 13, April 26, May 39, June 23, July 22, August 19, September 17, October 12, November 11, December 10.
United States834
Canada495
Colorado215
Wyoming166
Alberta155
Idaho127
Saskatchewan110
British Columbia89
Nunavut84
Ontario26

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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