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Drab Looper

Minoa murinata

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 119, February 88, March 137, April 216, May 312, June 340, July 364, August 313, September 230, October 171, November 94, December 73.
United States2,456
Alaska2,456
Germany287
Austria212
France200
Italy176
Switzerland88
Nord-Ovest87
Nord-Est82
Russia78

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusMinoa

Sources

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