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Striped Oak Webworm Moth

Pococera expandens

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 15, February 15, March 20, April 35, May 60, June 30, July 22, August 20, September 24, October 22, November 15, December 14.
United States2,385
Canada400
New York292
Ontario260
Virginia234
Massachusetts209
Maryland203
North Carolina154
Alabama132
West Virginia102

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusPococera

Sources

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