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Julia's Dicymolomia Moth

Dicymolomia julianalis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 137, February 131, March 149, April 283, May 173, June 109, July 211, August 136, September 175, October 143, November 129, December 125.
United States6,929
Texas1,557
Canada1,261
Ontario946
New York721
Virginia452
Maryland426
Massachusetts334
Oklahoma326
Michigan285

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
GenusDicymolomia

Sources

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