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Reddish Ephestiodes Moth

Ephestiodes infimella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 6, February 6, March 6, April 11, May 8, June 5, July 10, August 6, September 5, October 6, November 5, December 5.
United States1,217
Alabama391
Maryland159
Virginia150
New Jersey127
Mississippi108
Pennsylvania85
Texas78
North Carolina75
New York67

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusEphestiodes

Sources

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