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Fringe-tree Sallow

Sympistis chionanthi

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 13, February 13, March 17, April 30, May 52, June 26, July 19, August 18, September 32, October 19, November 13, December 12.
United States666
Canada443
New York253
Ontario244
Quebec88
Massachusetts83
Vermont60
Connecticut52
Alberta47
New Hampshire37

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
GenusSympistis

Sources

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