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Winter Moth

Operophtera brumata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 6,498, February 4,799, March 7,519, April 11,830, May 17,056, June 18,599, July 19,902, August 17,116, September 12,566, October 9,379, November 5,125, December 4,006.
United States135,002
Alaska134,395
France1,401
Germany1,284
Massachusetts1,150
Russia1,015
Austria793
United Kingdom695
England626
Czechia471

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
GenusOperophtera

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