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Lettered Fan-foot

Zanclognatha lituralis

2,486 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 22, February 22, March 30, April 52, May 89, June 43, July 33, August 30, September 35, October 32, November 22, December 20.
United States2,239
Canada590
New York429
Ontario401
Massachusetts210
North Carolina173
Tennessee150
Quebec149
Virginia134
Maryland127

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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