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Lunar-spotted Pinion

Cosmia pyralina

1,240 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,045, February 772, March 1,209, April 1,902, May 2,742, June 2,990, July 3,200, August 2,752, September 2,020, October 1,508, November 824, December 644.
United States21,607
Alaska21,607
Russia175
France151
Germany85
United Kingdom64
England64
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes52
Switzerland39
Moscow Oblast35

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
GenusCosmia

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