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Striped Lychnis

Cucullia lychnitis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 108, February 80, March 125, April 197, May 284, June 310, July 331, August 285, September 209, October 156, November 85, December 67.
United States2,238
Alaska2,238
France76
Russia33
Greece31
Epirus-Western Macedonia27
Germany26
Italy22
Austria22
Spain21

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

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