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Wavy-lined Fan-foot

Zanclognatha jacchusalis

8,303 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 New York.January 51, February 51, March 69, April 120, May 206, June 101, July 76, August 69, September 80, October 74, November 51, December 47.
United States3,041
Canada1,941
New York995
Ontario984
Quebec552
Massachusetts441
Connecticut227
Nova Scotia225
Vermont212
Michigan184

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
GenusZanclognatha

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