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common pink-barred

Rhodostrophia vibicaria

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 398, February 294, March 460, April 724, May 1,044, June 1,139, July 1,218, August 1,048, September 769, October 574, November 314, December 245.
United States8,228
Alaska8,228
Hungary241
Austria207
France167
Germany160
Russia155
Niederösterreich144
Spain125
Switzerland109

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
GenusRhodostrophia

Sources

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