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Viburnum Glyptocera Moth

Glyptocera consobrinella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 6, February 6, March 9, April 18, May 34, June 16, July 12, August 11, September 12, October 9, November 6, December 5.
Canada317
United States222
Ontario144
Quebec118
New York44
Nova Scotia29
Michigan22
Massachusetts21
Pennsylvania17
Virginia15

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
GenusGlyptocera

Sources

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