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Generous Pyrausta Moth

Pyrausta generosa

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Nunavut.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 3, May 9, June 11, July 11, August 7, September 4, October 2, November 1, December 1.
United States149
Canada143
Nunavut52
Saskatchewan32
Missouri24
Ontario22
Minnesota21
Alberta21
Manitoba16
Illinois12

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
GenusMint Moths · Pyrausta

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