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Burren Green

Calamia tridens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 311, February 230, March 360, April 566, May 817, June 891, July 953, August 820, September 602, October 449, November 245, December 192.
United States6,435
Alaska6,435
Germany135
Sweden102
Skåne län96
Russia93
Poland66
France51
Austria46
Czechia45

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
GenusCalamia

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