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Larch Pug Moth

Eupithecia lariciata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 416, February 307, March 481, April 758, May 1,092, June 1,191, July 1,274, August 1,096, September 805, October 601, November 328, December 257.
United States8,756
Alaska8,606
Canada538
British Columbia148
Alberta108
Ontario89
Quebec75
Switzerland45
New York37
Nova Scotia32

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
GenusPug Moths · Eupithecia

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