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Small Argent and Sable

Epirrhoe tristata

2,538 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 769, February 568, March 890, April 1,400, May 2,019, June 2,201, July 2,356, August 2,026, September 1,487, October 1,110, November 607, December 474.
United States15,907
Alaska15,907
Germany257
Russia248
Austria136
France103
Denmark102
Poland92
Italy87
Bayern80

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusEpirrhoe

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