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Saw-toothed Crocidophora Moth

Crocidophora serratissimalis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 23, February 28, March 26, April 42, May 42, June 173, July 100, August 19, September 25, October 24, November 19, December 22.
United States1,742
North Carolina316
Tennessee283
Canada280
Virginia218
Ontario215
Maryland173
New York138
Missouri63
Ohio57

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
GenusCrocidophora

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Saw-toothed Crocidophora Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.