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Hydrilla Leafcutter Moth

Parapoynx diminutalis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 62, February 59, March 67, April 127, May 78, June 38, July 86, August 45, September 122, October 233, November 71, December 56.
United States1,110
Texas698
Australia479
India389
Queensland317
Singapore294
NORTH REGION259
China143
Mississippi97
New South Wales91

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
GenusParapoynx

Sources

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