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Northern White-Skipper

Heliopetes ericetorum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 244, February 211, March 220, April 273, May 331, June 440, July 241, August 277, September 353, October 221, November 284, December 219.
United States3,703
California2,686
Arizona270
Washington141
Nevada135
Idaho64
Utah50
Oregon50
New Mexico5
Colorado3

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
FamilySkippers · Hesperiidae
GenusWhite-Skippers · Heliopetes

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