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Sooty Scoparia Moth

Scoparia cinereomedia

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 13, February 13, March 17, April 30, May 52, June 26, July 40, August 18, September 20, October 19, November 13, December 12.
United States598
Canada526
New York252
Ontario193
Nova Scotia110
Quebec109
West Virginia62
Pennsylvania51
New Brunswick47
Virginia42

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
GenusScoparia

Sources

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