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Pale-shouldered Brocade

Lacanobia thalassina

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 4,844, February 3,577, March 5,605, April 8,818, May 12,714, June 13,864, July 14,835, August 12,758, September 9,367, October 6,992, November 3,820, December 2,986.
United States100,179
Alaska100,179
Russia380
United Kingdom328
Scotland193
Finland169
Austria156
Poland130
England109
Switzerland92

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
GenusLacanobia

Sources

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