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Dowdy Pinion

Lithophane unimoda

734 observations in the source records

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26 photos

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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 12, February 12, March 19, April 37, May 70, June 33, July 25, August 22, September 24, October 19, November 12, December 11.
United States855
Canada440
Ontario295
New York156
Michigan142
Massachusetts88
Quebec86
Connecticut69
New Jersey58
Maryland47

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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