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Shaded Granite Moth

Digrammia curvata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 16, February 15, March 23, April 26, May 41, June 36, July 28, August 25, September 22, October 18, November 14, December 14.
United States1,213
Canada365
British Columbia277
Colorado260
California146
Utah121
Idaho120
New Mexico89
Wyoming89
Alberta69

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
GenusDigrammia

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