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Cloudy Arches Moth

Polia imbrifera

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 13, February 14, March 22, April 42, May 82, June 38, July 49, August 26, September 27, October 22, November 14, December 12.
Canada1,062
United States756
Ontario342
Quebec185
Nunavut168
Alberta164
New York160
Michigan116
North Carolina62
Nova Scotia60

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
GenusPolia

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