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Silver Υ

Autographa gamma

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 34,819, February 25,717, March 40,292, April 63,389, May 91,397, June 99,663, July 106,645, August 91,715, September 67,335, October 50,260, November 27,465, December 21,466.
United States720,166
Alaska720,162
United Kingdom7,504
England6,597
Germany3,800
France3,097
Austria2,429
Spain2,327
Russia2,194
Italy1,764

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
GenusAutographa

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