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Common Gluphisia Moth

Gluphisia septentrionis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 226, February 232, March 367, April 718, May 1,379, June 1,338, July 1,272, August 689, September 463, October 379, November 237, December 211.
United States12,559
Canada7,901
Ontario4,829
New York2,938
Quebec1,885
Michigan800
Wisconsin699
Massachusetts698
Vermont642
Texas612

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
GenusGluphisia

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