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Northern Finned Prominent

Notodonta torva

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 394, February 291, March 456, April 717, May 1,034, June 1,127, July 1,206, August 1,037, September 762, October 568, November 311, December 243.
United States8,994
Alaska8,145
Canada1,589
Ontario698
Quebec427
New York275
Vermont127
Nunavut121
Alberta117
New Hampshire111

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
FamilyProminent Moths · Notodontidae
GenusNotodonta

Sources

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Practise Northern Finned Prominent with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.