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Large Grey Pinion

Lithophane georgii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Wyoming.January 3, February 3, March 5, April 10, May 25, June 25, July 22, August 17, September 12, October 5, November 3, December 3.
United States482
Canada446
Wyoming133
Quebec116
Colorado90
British Columbia82
Ontario70
Alberta61
Oregon44
California42

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
GenusLithophane

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