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Southern Armyworm

Persectania aversa

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 96, February 162, March 80, April 21, May 6, June 2, July 1, August 22, September 100, October 273, November 273, December 61.
New Zealand1,097
Otago Region791
Canterbury Region108
Wellington Region55
Chatham Islands Territory40
Manawatu-Wanganui Region33
Southland Region30
Waikato Region15
West Coast Region8
Hawke's Bay Region6

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
GenusPersectania

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