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Angle-winged Emerald

Chloropteryx tepperaria

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 13, February 14, March 15, April 26, May 36, June 12, July 53, August 23, September 29, October 14, November 11, December 11.
United States1,216
Alabama170
North Carolina129
Georgia127
Virginia104
Maryland87
Louisiana82
New Jersey62
South Carolina61
Tennessee60

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusChloropteryx

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