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Brown Cutworm

Agrotis munda

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 382, February 159, March 144, April 186, May 87, June 145, July 190, August 483, September 1,291, October 939, November 460, December 419.
Australia4,885
Victoria1,427
New South Wales1,422
South Australia809
Queensland684
Western Australia286
New Zealand145
Australian Capital Territory113
Tasmania90
Northern Territory48

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
GenusAgrotis

Sources

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