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Red-headed Chestnut

Conistra erythrocephala

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 574, February 424, March 664, April 1,044, May 1,506, June 1,642, July 1,757, August 1,511, September 1,109, October 828, November 452, December 354.
United States11,864
Alaska11,864
Germany435
Austria167
Sachsen164
Saarland139
Steiermark132
France75
Italy72
Hungary70

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
GenusConistra

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