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The Rustic

Hoplodrina blanda

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 7,148, February 5,280, March 8,272, April 13,014, May 18,764, June 20,461, July 21,895, August 18,829, September 13,824, October 10,319, November 5,639, December 4,407.
United States147,852
Alaska147,852
United Kingdom131
England127
Finland67
Russia59
Germany57
Central Finland39
Austria38
Spain32

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
GenusHoplodrina

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