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Red-breasted Dart

Protolampra rufipectus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 14, February 10, March 16, April 25, May 36, June 39, July 42, August 36, September 26, October 20, November 11, December 8.
Canada773
United States691
Alaska282
Alberta241
British Columbia225
Nunavut162
Idaho77
Colorado49
Ontario38
Saskatchewan38

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
GenusProtolampra

Sources

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