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Notch-winged Wave

Idaea furciferata

969 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 27, February 26, March 29, April 55, May 77, June 16, July 15, August 16, September 51, October 19, November 25, December 24.
United States673
Texas304
Alabama99
Tennessee52
North Carolina33
West Virginia30
Georgia27
Virginia27
Oklahoma23
Arkansas19

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
GenusIdaea

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