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Arcane Grass Tubeworm Moth

Acrolophus arcanella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 25, February 26, March 41, April 79, May 153, June 72, July 54, August 49, September 51, October 42, November 26, December 23.
United States5,076
Canada640
Ontario640
Texas497
Michigan436
Maryland420
Virginia388
New York266
North Carolina257
West Virginia223

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
FamilyFungus Moths, Clothes Moths, & Allies · Tineidae
GenusGrass Tubeworm Moths · Acrolophus

Sources

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