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Desert Elfin

Callophrys fotis (Strecker 1877)

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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developmental mode

Insect Development
holometabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous

Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.

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feeding structure

Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
biting-chewing mouthparts
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bitingChewing

Definition: Mouthparts adapted to cutting and grinding food particles using opposable mandibles with a mola (grinding surface).

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(larval stage)
Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
sucking mouthparts
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/sucking

Definition: Mouthparts adapted for the take-up of liquids via suction through a tubular proboscis.

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(adult)

geographic distribution

United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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habitat

Wikipedia (inferred records)
juniper woodland
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000241

Definition: A juniper woodland is a woodland which has a tree community primarily composed of trees of the genus Juniperus.

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Wikipedia (inferred records)
pinyon juniper woodland
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000244

Definition: A pinyon juniper woodland is a conifer woodland which has a tree community primarily composed of trees of the subsection Cembroides of the genus Pinus and the genus Juniperus.

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number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

220

number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

107

number of research grade records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

94

visual system

Warrant et al 2003
apposition eyes
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IDOMAL_0002229

Definition: A compound eye with no separation between the crystalline-cone layer and the retinula, each rhabdom receiving light only from its own corneal lens.

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