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Large Mossy Glyph

Protodeltote muscosula

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 118, February 121, March 191, April 374, May 719, June 568, July 1,297, August 229, September 241, October 198, November 124, December 110.
United States11,820
Canada4,312
Ontario3,014
New York2,129
Maryland1,129
Virginia974
Ohio940
Quebec723
Michigan664
Pennsylvania600

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
GenusProtodeltote

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