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Confused Eusarca Moth

Eusarca confusaria

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 115, February 118, March 187, April 366, May 704, June 330, July 1,402, August 225, September 236, October 193, November 121, December 108.
United States15,205
Canada3,447
Ontario2,707
New York2,280
Ohio1,585
Pennsylvania1,282
Maryland1,061
Virginia983
Illinois781
Alabama645

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusEusarca

Sources

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