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Boneset Borer Moth

Carmenta pyralidiformis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 6, February 6, March 9, April 18, May 35, June 17, July 19, August 11, September 12, October 10, November 6, December 5.
United States952
Canada151
Ontario148
Virginia128
Maryland122
Michigan82
New York71
Ohio62
Pennsylvania55
New Jersey48

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
FamilyClearwing Moths · Sesiidae
GenusCarmenta

Sources

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