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Purple-bordered Gold

Idaea muricata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 285, February 211, March 330, April 519, May 749, June 817, July 874, August 752, September 552, October 412, November 225, December 176.
United States5,902
Alaska5,902
Germany89
Russia89
Hungary88
Austria75
Poland70
France56
Steiermark53
Italy43

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
GenusIdaea

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