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Mantled Acrobasis Moth

Acrobasis palliolella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 2, February 2, March 3, April 5, May 8, June 4, July 3, August 3, September 3, October 3, November 2, December 2.
United States127
New York41
Canada30
Ontario30
Pennsylvania11
Connecticut11
Ohio11
Massachusetts10
West Virginia8
Texas7

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
GenusAcrobasis

Sources

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