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Busck's Plume Moth

Geina buscki

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 Mississippi.January 3, February 4, March 4, April 7, May 4, June 3, July 2, August 2, September 3, October 3, November 2, December 3.
United States114
Mississippi39
Louisiana14
Virginia11
Maryland11
Alabama10
Texas7
Arkansas6
North Carolina6
Tennessee5

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
FamilyPlume Moths · Pterophoridae
GenusGeina

Sources

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