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Wide-striped Grass-veneer

Crambus unistriatellus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 10, February 9, March 13, April 32, May 59, June 39, July 91, August 45, September 26, October 22, November 13, December 12.
Canada917
United States355
Quebec298
Ontario256
Nova Scotia79
British Columbia66
Michigan59
Alberta53
New Brunswick46
Oregon42

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusCrambus

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