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Wine-tinted Oenobotys Moth

Oenobotys vinotinctalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 13, February 12, March 14, April 26, May 16, June 12, July 17, August 12, September 16, October 10, November 12, December 11.
United States557
Texas142
Louisiana42
Mississippi41
North Carolina29
Georgia15
Alabama13
Hawaii8
South Carolina2
Mexico2

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
GenusOenobotys

Sources

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