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Darker Diacme Moth

Diacme adipaloides

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 42, February 41, March 56, April 98, May 168, June 82, July 62, August 56, September 66, October 60, November 41, December 38.
United States3,219
New York811
Massachusetts803
Canada490
Ontario359
Vermont200
Maryland181
Virginia179
Texas171
New Hampshire129

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
GenusDiacme

Sources

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