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Dingy Cutworm Moth

Feltia jaculifera

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 153, February 157, March 249, April 487, May 936, June 439, July 330, August 1,267, September 1,006, October 257, November 161, December 143.
United States11,994
Canada4,535
Ontario2,923
New York2,138
Michigan1,267
British Columbia898
Massachusetts689
Colorado591
Alaska551
Wisconsin512

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
GenusFeltia

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