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Recondite Webworm Moth

Diathrausta reconditalis

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

18 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 2, February 2, March 2, April 4, May 7, June 4, July 3, August 3, September 3, October 3, November 2, December 2.
United States228
New York36
New Jersey28
Massachusetts25
Canada22
Ontario22
Connecticut21
Michigan20
North Carolina19
Pennsylvania14

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

Remember the name next time.

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