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Orange-crescent Groundstreak

Pendantus guzanta

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) mesene, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 10, February 21, March 9, April 13, May 11, June 14, July 11, August 16, September 35, October 53, November 29, December 13.
Mexico235
Nuevo Leon75
Chiapas30
Texas21
Queretaro de Arteaga20
Mexico14
Oaxaca13
Guanajuato10
Hidalgo10
San Luis Potosi10

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
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusPendantus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Orange-crescent Groundstreak with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.