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Atlantic Arches Moth

Lacanobia atlantica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 9, February 9, March 15, April 29, May 56, June 36, July 20, August 44, September 19, October 15, November 10, December 9.
Canada1,202
United States418
Ontario235
Quebec213
Nunavut180
Alberta154
New York127
Nova Scotia121
Wyoming82
Minnesota82

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusLacanobia

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