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Frosted Tan Wave

Scopula cacuminaria

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 9, February 9, March 14, April 28, May 53, June 50, July 32, August 52, September 18, October 15, November 9, December 8.
United States347
Canada291
Ontario223
New York130
Michigan49
Quebec38
Massachusetts30
Wisconsin22
Vermont14
Ohio13

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusScopula

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