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Star-wort

Cucullia asteris

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 220, February 163, March 255, April 401, May 578, June 630, July 675, August 580, September 426, October 318, November 174, December 136.
United States4,555
Alaska4,555
Russia44
Netherlands13
Moscow Oblast12
Zeeland10
Italy7
United Kingdom6
France6
Austria6

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
GenusHooded Owlets · Cucullia

Sources

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