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Coronet

Craniophora ligustri

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 3,220, February 2,378, March 3,727, April 5,863, May 8,453, June 9,218, July 9,863, August 8,482, September 6,228, October 4,648, November 2,540, December 1,985.
United States66,606
Alaska66,606
France1,659
United Kingdom1,163
England1,109
Austria842
Germany811
Switzerland761
Spain639
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes624

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
GenusCraniophora

Sources

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