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Broad Ashen Pinion

Lithophane laticinerea

128 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 9, February 9, March 14, April 27, May 52, June 24, July 18, August 17, September 18, October 14, November 9, December 8.
United States428
Canada260
Ontario219
Michigan147
New York55
New Jersey42
Delaware31
Maryland31
Massachusetts25
Quebec25

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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