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Plush-naped Pinion

Lithophane pexata

789 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 20, February 20, March 32, April 63, May 120, June 56, July 42, August 38, September 40, October 33, November 21, December 18.
Canada1,115
Ontario504
United States464
Quebec424
Michigan136
New York72
Minnesota70
Newfoundland and Labrador58
Massachusetts40
Connecticut32

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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