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Pearly-winged Lichen Moth

Crambidia casta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.January 8, February 7, March 11, April 24, May 47, June 38, July 27, August 41, September 18, October 13, November 8, December 7.
Canada664
United States470
Alberta231
Wyoming171
British Columbia127
Nunavut124
Ontario100
Michigan64
Saskatchewan61
Colorado52

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusCrambidia

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