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Powdered Rustic

Hoplodrina superstes

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 0, June 0, July 8, August 3, September 0, October 0, November 0, December 0.
France11
Switzerland6
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes6
Czechia6
Středočeský kraj6
Spain5
Occitanie5
Russia5
Valais4
Hungary4

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
GenusHoplodrina

Sources

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