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Meadow Rue Borer Moth

Papaipema unimoda

1,395 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 38, February 39, March 62, April 121, May 232, June 109, July 82, August 74, September 122, October 64, November 40, December 36.
Canada1,899
United States1,615
Ontario972
Quebec508
Michigan366
New York347
Massachusetts245
Connecticut140
Ohio103
New Brunswick90

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
GenusPapaipema

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