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Wasp Parasitizer Moth

Chalcoela pegasalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 8, February 9, March 9, April 14, May 14, June 8, July 9, August 7, September 8, October 8, November 6, December 7.
United States599
North Carolina106
Georgia94
Alabama69
Tennessee58
Virginia54
South Carolina43
Maryland35
Kentucky22
Mississippi22

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
GenusChalcoela

Sources

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