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Pacific Quaker

Orthosia pacifica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 23, February 50, March 22, April 29, May 25, June 18, July 16, August 16, September 20, October 21, November 27, December 20.
United States705
California251
Washington249
Oregon180
Canada124
British Columbia117
Alberta7
Colorado6
Utah5
Idaho4

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
GenusOrthosia

Sources

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Practise Pacific Quaker with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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