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Gray Half-Spot

Nedra ramosula

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 36, February 37, March 59, April 115, May 222, June 104, July 121, August 94, September 74, October 61, November 38, December 34.
United States2,722
Canada1,272
Ontario929
New York572
Michigan286
Quebec239
Massachusetts176
Alabama153
Vermont134
Texas94

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusNedra

Sources

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