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Western Panthea Moth

Panthea virginarius

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 62, February 58, March 89, April 105, May 170, June 141, July 350, August 106, September 88, October 70, November 56, December 57.
United States1,497
Canada1,496
British Columbia1,098
Washington485
Alberta392
Oregon346
California163
Idaho112
Wyoming107
New Mexico30

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
GenusPanthea

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