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Leach's Grass-veneer

Crambus leachellus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 17, February 17, March 27, April 53, May 103, June 48, July 36, August 52, September 112, October 28, November 18, December 16.
Canada1,111
United States1,036
Ontario431
British Columbia178
Michigan133
Quebec131
New York120
Oregon118
Alberta116
Nunavut113

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
GenusCrambus

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