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Small Yellow Underwing

Panemeria tenebrata

2,706 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 478, February 353, March 553, April 870, May 1,254, June 1,367, July 1,463, August 1,258, September 924, October 690, November 377, December 295.
United States9,881
Alaska9,881
Germany367
Italy308
United Kingdom279
England267
Austria233
Nord-Ovest164
France120
Steiermark100

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
GenusPanemeria

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