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Friendly Probole Moth

Probole amicaria

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 9, February 9, March 15, April 29, May 56, June 26, July 20, August 18, September 19, October 15, November 10, December 9.
United States1,507
Canada472
Ontario234
New York143
Michigan139
Massachusetts128
New Jersey102
North Carolina84
Pennsylvania78
Minnesota67

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
GenusProbole

Sources

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