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Scarce Prominent

Odontosia carmelita

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 741, February 547, March 857, April 1,349, May 1,944, June 2,120, July 2,269, August 1,951, September 1,433, October 1,069, November 584, December 457.
United States15,321
Alaska15,321
Russia53
United Kingdom35
Finland25
Germany20
Scotland17
England16
Omsk Oblast16
Moscow Oblast14

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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
FamilyProminent Moths · Notodontidae
GenusOdontosia

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