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Brown Scallop

Philereme vetulata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 459, February 339, March 531, April 835, May 1,204, June 1,313, July 1,405, August 1,208, September 887, October 662, November 362, December 283.
United States9,488
Alaska9,488
France96
Germany87
Hungary67
Russia66
Switzerland45
Bayern36
United Kingdom33
England33

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
GenusPhilereme

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