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Neglected Rustic

Xestia castanea

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 605, February 447, March 700, April 1,101, May 1,588, June 1,732, July 1,853, August 1,594, September 1,170, October 873, November 477, December 373.
United States12,514
Alaska12,514
France116
Spain72
Switzerland72
Italy50
Ticino50
Occitanie43
Centro31
País Vasco/Euskadi24

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
GenusXestia

Sources

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