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Day Emerald

Mesothea incertata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 6, February 7, March 10, April 20, May 39, June 18, July 14, August 13, September 13, October 11, November 7, December 6.
Canada588
United States368
Ontario165
Michigan87
Alberta82
Nunavut77
British Columbia72
Quebec49
New York46
Saskatchewan42

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
GenusMesothea

Sources

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