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Chamomile Shark

Cucullia chamomillae

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 298, February 220, March 345, April 543, May 783, June 854, July 914, August 786, September 577, October 431, November 235, December 184.
United States6,173
Alaska6,173
Germany61
United Kingdom58
England40
Russia33
Spain29
France26
Portugal23
Italy20

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
GenusHooded Owlets · Cucullia

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