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Signate Melanolophia Moth

Melanolophia signataria

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 7, February 6, March 9, April 22, May 56, June 31, July 22, August 21, September 18, October 15, November 9, December 8.
United States1,985
Quebec927
Canada769
Nova Scotia487
New York414
Ontario342
Massachusetts264
New Brunswick182
Connecticut152
Vermont114

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
GenusMelanolophia

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