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Dark Mottled Willow

Spodoptera cilium

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Portugal.January 1, February 2, March 2, April 12, May 6, June 16, July 38, August 42, September 113, October 230, November 158, December 14.
Portugal634
Spain280
LISBOA191
Italy175
FARO142
Andalucía133
Centro88
France87
SETÚBAL85
PORTO81

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
GenusArmyworm Moths · Spodoptera

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