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Light Crimson Underwing

Catocala promissa

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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 Alaska.January 255, February 188, March 295, April 464, May 669, June 730, July 781, August 672, September 493, October 368, November 201, December 157.
United States5,275
Alaska5,275
France223
Germany214
Austria207
Steiermark166
Saarland96
Spain91
Italy82
Russia79

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusUnderwing Moths · Catocala

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