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Minor Grass-veneer

Microcrambus minor

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 7, February 7, March 9, April 16, May 28, June 14, July 23, August 9, September 11, October 10, November 7, December 6.
United States777
New York136
Canada129
Ontario116
Maryland103
Virginia91
North Carolina62
Massachusetts48
South Carolina37
Pennsylvania27

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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
GenusMicrocrambus

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