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Seaside Goldenrod Borer Moth

Papaipema duovata

107 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 3, February 3, March 3, April 6, May 10, June 5, July 4, August 3, September 4, October 4, November 3, December 2.
United States186
New York50
Massachusetts44
Connecticut41
New Jersey18
Maryland9
Delaware8
Georgia6
North Carolina3
Virginia3

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusPapaipema

Sources

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Practise Seaside Goldenrod Borer Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.