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Heart and Dart

Agrotis exclamationis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 28,579, February 21,108, March 33,071, April 52,029, May 75,017, June 81,801, July 87,532, August 75,277, September 55,267, October 41,253, November 22,542, December 17,619.
United States591,093
Alaska591,093
United Kingdom8,407
England7,699
France2,116
Germany1,887
Switzerland1,707
Austria1,517
Spain1,075
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes985

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
GenusAgrotis

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