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Olive Arches Moth

Lacinipolia olivacea

4,073 observations in the source records

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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 40, February 41, March 65, April 127, May 243, June 114, July 156, August 281, September 82, October 67, November 42, December 37.
Canada3,563
United States2,924
Ontario1,021
Quebec699
New York606
Alberta356
Alaska335
Vermont311
Nova Scotia303
British Columbia252

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
GenusLacinipolia

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