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Shining Marbled

Pseudeustrotia candidula

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 669, February 494, March 774, April 1,218, May 1,756, June 1,914, July 2,049, August 1,762, September 1,293, October 965, November 528, December 412.
United States13,834
Alaska13,834
Russia290
Austria247
Steiermark184
France139
Poland122
Germany114
Lithuania55
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast52

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
GenusPseudeustrotia

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