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Fortunate Wave

Idaea bonifata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 20, February 17, March 18, April 23, May 26, June 34, July 40, August 23, September 32, October 18, November 23, December 18.
United States955
California222
Pennsylvania90
West Virginia81
New York73
Ohio53
Maryland47
North Carolina40
Virginia39
Massachusetts34

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
GenusIdaea

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