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Calico Pyralid

Aglossa costiferalis

1,143 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 15, February 15, March 20, April 35, May 60, June 29, July 28, August 20, September 23, October 21, November 15, December 14.
United States802
Canada512
New York288
Ontario274
Vermont134
Quebec133
New Hampshire85
Nova Scotia58
Michigan52
Maine52

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusTabby Moths · Aglossa

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