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Subdued Quaker

Orthosia revicta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 32, February 33, March 52, April 102, May 196, June 92, July 69, August 63, September 66, October 54, November 34, December 30.
Canada2,630
United States1,971
Ontario824
Quebec746
New York364
Alaska303
Alberta288
British Columbia263
Nunavut238
Michigan213

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 Subdued 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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