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Lintner's Gluphisia Moth

Gluphisia lintneri

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) sophiasperd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 17, February 17, March 27, April 56, May 103, June 48, July 36, August 33, September 34, October 28, November 18, December 16.
Canada876
United States551
Ontario431
Quebec241
New York175
Michigan116
Alberta72
Nunavut72
Vermont66
New Hampshire49

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
FamilyProminent Moths · Notodontidae
GenusGluphisia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Lintner's Gluphisia Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.