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Oblique Carpet

Orthonama vittata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 820, February 606, March 949, April 1,493, May 2,153, June 2,348, July 2,513, August 2,161, September 1,586, October 1,184, November 647, December 506.
United States16,967
Alaska16,967
United Kingdom32
Netherlands20
Zuid-Holland17
England14
Russia14
Scotland13
Germany12
Denmark9

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
GenusOrthonama

Sources

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