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American Plum Borer Moth

Euzophera semifuneralis

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 Ontario.January 6, February 6, March 9, April 17, May 34, June 16, July 13, August 18, September 11, October 9, November 6, December 5.
United States848
Canada247
Ontario141
New York108
Texas85
Mississippi69
South Carolina62
Pennsylvania48
Quebec48
British Columbia47

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
GenusEuzophera

Sources

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