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Dimorphic Sitochroa Moth

Sitochroa chortalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 17, February 17, March 27, April 53, May 102, June 165, July 36, August 53, September 34, October 28, November 17, December 16.
Canada1,218
United States650
Ontario426
New York261
Quebec212
Nova Scotia165
Prince Edward Island135
Alberta87
Michigan85
Nunavut69

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
GenusSitochroa

Sources

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