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Pannaria Wave

Leptostales pannaria

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 292, February 279, March 317, April 602, May 369, June 364, July 600, August 277, September 250, October 321, November 274, December 265.
United States4,781
Texas4,322
Alabama854
Louisiana474
Mississippi200
Georgia111
North Carolina50
South Carolina50
Mexico47
Oklahoma32

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
GenusLeptostales

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