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Feathered Ear

Pachetra sagittigera

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 164, February 121, March 190, April 299, May 431, June 470, July 502, August 432, September 317, October 237, November 129, December 101.
United States3,393
Alaska3,393
France139
Switzerland120
Italy89
Spain88
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur81
Valais61
Germany55
Castilla y León44

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
GenusPachetra

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