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Angled Metarranthis Moth

Metarranthis angularia

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 11, February 10, March 13, April 20, May 38, June 17, July 15, August 16, September 16, October 16, November 12, December 11.
United States1,107
Massachusetts195
New York123
New Jersey117
Maryland90
Virginia86
North Carolina81
West Virginia65
Pennsylvania59
Connecticut48

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
GenusMetarranthis

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