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Large Red-belted Clearwing Moth

Synanthedon culiciformis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 141, February 104, March 163, April 256, May 370, June 403, July 431, August 371, September 272, October 203, November 111, December 87.
United States2,927
Alaska2,913
Canada47
Russia21
Alberta19
British Columbia17
Czechia12
Nunavut11
Denmark9
Středočeský kraj8

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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