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Sideridis reticulata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 864, February 638, March 999, April 1,572, May 2,267, June 2,472, July 2,645, August 2,275, September 1,670, October 1,247, November 681, December 532.
United States17,864
Alaska17,864
Russia148
Switzerland122
France110
Germany84
Finland60
Bashkortostan55
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur52
Italy48

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
GenusSideridis

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