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Flame Shoulder Moth

Ochropleura plecta

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 23,500, February 17,356, March 27,194, April 42,782, May 61,685, June 67,263, July 71,976, August 61,899, September 45,445, October 33,921, November 18,536, December 14,487.
United States486,280
Alaska486,043
United Kingdom4,038
England3,495
Austria1,110
Spain1,070
France1,026
Germany936
Steiermark719
Denmark512

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
GenusOchropleura

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