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Dusky-lemon Sallow

Xanthia gilvago

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) fdejuana, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 91, February 67, March 105, April 165, May 238, June 259, July 278, August 239, September 175, October 131, November 72, December 56.
United States1,875
Alaska1,875
Italy40
Bulgaria38
Plovdiv35
France30
Centro16
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur15
Netherlands14
Nord-Est14

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
GenusXanthia

Sources

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