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Black-patched Glaphyria Moth

Glaphyria fulminalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 17, February 17, March 19, April 36, May 45, June 12, July 14, August 22, September 27, October 12, November 16, December 16.
United States857
Texas196
New Jersey73
Maryland60
Virginia56
Pennsylvania48
New York44
Canada37
North Carolina37
Ontario37

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
GenusGlaphyria

Sources

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