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Lunar Yellow Underwing

Noctua orbona

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 574, February 424, March 665, April 1,046, May 1,508, June 1,644, July 1,759, August 1,513, September 1,111, October 829, November 453, December 354.
United States11,878
Alaska11,878
Spain104
Castilla y León83
United Kingdom25
Switzerland25
England24
Hungary21
Austria19
France18

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
GenusYellow Underwings · Noctua

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