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Lesser Peachtree Borer Moth

Synanthedon pictipes

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 4, February 5, March 7, April 14, May 27, June 13, July 10, August 9, September 9, October 7, November 5, December 4.
United States467
Canada215
Ontario113
Mississippi77
New York61
Michigan56
Quebec37
Pennsylvania32
Louisiana21
Alberta21

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
FamilyClearwing Moths · Sesiidae
GenusSynanthedon

Sources

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