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Lesser Tawny Crescent

Batia lunaris

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 224, February 166, March 260, April 409, May 589, June 642, July 687, August 591, September 434, October 324, November 177, December 138.
United States4,934
Alaska4,641
Washington232
Canada229
British Columbia229
United Kingdom111
England111
Germany65
France53
Oregon38

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
FamilyConcealer Moths · Oecophoridae
GenusBatia

Sources

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