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Dejected Underwing

Catocala dejecta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 11, February 10, March 12, April 20, May 37, June 17, July 14, August 15, September 16, October 16, November 12, December 11.
United States926
Massachusetts192
New York165
Connecticut115
Kentucky42
Tennessee41
Virginia41
North Carolina36
Texas34
West Virginia34

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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