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Canary Speckled Wood

Pararge xiphioides

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 159, February 183, March 261, April 201, May 150, June 83, July 73, August 58, September 33, October 52, November 52, December 91.
Spain1,396
Canarias1,396

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
FamilyBrush-footed Butterflies · Nymphalidae
GenusPararge

Sources

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