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Sweet Gale Moth

Acronicta cinerea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 286, February 212, March 331, April 521, May 752, June 820, July 877, August 754, September 554, October 413, November 226, December 177.
United States5,924
Alaska5,924
Finland36
Russia30
Åland Islands8
Pirkanmaa7
Finland Proper6
Kirov Oblast5
Bashkortostan5
Chuvashia4

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
GenusDagger Moths · Acronicta

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