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Reddish Light Arches

Apamea sublustris

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 602, February 445, March 697, April 1,097, May 1,581, June 1,724, July 1,845, August 1,587, September 1,165, October 870, November 475, December 371.
United States12,461
Alaska12,461
France119
Switzerland112
United Kingdom95
England95
Germany70
Austria55
Valais45
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes44

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
GenusApamea

Sources

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Practise Reddish Light Arches with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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