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Rufous Marbled Minor

Oligia versicolor

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 724, February 535, March 838, April 1,318, May 1,900, June 2,072, July 2,217, August 1,907, September 1,400, October 1,045, November 571, December 446.
United States14,972
Alaska14,972
Spain11
País Vasco/Euskadi9
United Kingdom8
England7
Switzerland4
Poland4
Denmark2
Basel-Landschaft2

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
GenusOligia

Sources

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