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Common Eupithecia Moth

Eupithecia miserulata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 134, February 128, March 146, April 277, May 170, June 82, July 74, August 76, September 91, October 246, November 126, December 122.
United States5,142
Texas3,476
Ontario2,873
North Carolina1,223
Ohio1,142
Alabama989
Maryland945
Canada861
Pennsylvania819
Illinois717

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
GenusPug Moths · Eupithecia

Sources

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