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Dewy Leafcutter

Eoparargyractis irroratalis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) tas56, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 18, February 19, March 20, April 35, May 40, June 16, July 30, August 30, September 62, October 18, November 14, December 15.
United States956
Alabama224
Georgia153
North Carolina100
South Carolina87
Mississippi85
Louisiana44
Tennessee7
Arkansas1

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
GenusEoparargyractis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Dewy Leafcutter with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.