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Middle Lace Border

Scopula decorata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 45, February 33, March 52, April 82, May 118, June 129, July 138, August 119, September 87, October 65, November 36, December 28.
United States931
Alaska931
Spain255
France226
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur121
Occitanie88
Castilla y León66
Russia60
Switzerland59
Valais59

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusScopula

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