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Mouse Moth

Amphipyra tragopoginis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 5,603, February 4,138, March 6,483, April 10,200, May 14,706, June 16,036, July 17,160, August 14,757, September 10,834, October 8,087, November 4,419, December 3,454.
United States116,448
Alaska115,877
Canada1,076
United Kingdom533
England434
Denmark348
Germany312
Ontario285
Quebec282
British Columbia178

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
GenusAmphipyra

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