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Large-striped Grass-veneer

Crambus quinquareatus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 24, February 21, March 22, April 27, May 26, June 19, July 17, August 17, September 21, October 22, November 28, December 22.
United States781
California266
Texas208
Louisiana54
Mississippi52
Alabama29
New Jersey24
Arizona22
North Carolina19
Maryland13

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
GenusCrambus

Sources

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Practise Large-striped Grass-veneer with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.