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Sallow Clearwing Moth

Synanthedon flaviventris

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 41, February 31, March 48, April 76, May 109, June 119, July 127, August 109, September 80, October 60, November 33, December 26.
United States858
Alaska858
Germany9
Czechia8
United Kingdom3
England3
Bayern3
Kraj Vysočina3
Hessen2
Plzeňský kraj2

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
FamilyClearwing Moths · Sesiidae
GenusSynanthedon

Sources

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