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Obscure Psara Moth

Psara obscuralis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 13, February 12, March 14, April 27, May 16, June 8, July 15, August 7, September 24, October 11, November 12, December 12.
United States790
Texas146
Alabama93
North Carolina60
Georgia48
Mississippi47
Virginia45
Missouri43
Maryland39
Louisiana38

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
GenusPsara

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