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White-dotted Prominent

Nadata gibbosa

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 129, February 132, March 209, April 408, May 784, June 767, July 724, August 254, September 263, October 215, November 135, December 120.
United States23,943
Canada4,648
Ontario2,565
New York2,478
North Carolina1,571
Texas1,485
Virginia1,221
Massachusetts1,191
Ohio1,125
Alabama1,113

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
FamilyProminent Moths · Notodontidae
GenusNadata

Sources

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