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Locust Underwing

Euparthenos nubilis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 34, February 34, March 46, April 80, May 138, June 67, July 51, August 46, September 54, October 50, November 34, December 31.
United States4,862
New York664
Canada483
Ontario456
West Virginia445
Virginia432
North Carolina416
Pennsylvania403
Tennessee368
Maryland292

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusEuparthenos

Sources

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