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Common Lytrosis Moth

Lytrosis unitaria

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 50, February 51, March 81, April 158, May 304, June 424, July 414, August 97, September 102, October 83, November 52, December 47.
United States3,440
Canada1,601
Ontario1,273
New York969
Quebec318
Massachusetts294
Pennsylvania228
Michigan222
Ohio191
West Virginia162

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusLytrosis

Sources

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