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Harlequin Webworm Moth

Diathrausta harlequinalis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) court_rae, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 16, February 16, March 18, April 34, May 23, June 13, July 9, August 13, September 55, October 19, November 15, December 15.
United States544
Texas186
Arizona128
Canada80
Ontario71
New York62
Colorado60
Mexico24
New Mexico15
Oklahoma12

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
GenusDiathrausta

Sources

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