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Root Collar Borer Moth

Euzophera ostricolorella

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 10, February 12, March 11, April 18, May 18, June 12, July 9, August 8, September 11, October 13, November 8, December 9.
United States818
North Carolina136
Maryland109
Virginia103
Delaware91
Tennessee60
Alabama59
Georgia50
Mississippi47
Louisiana38

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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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusEuzophera

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