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Salvinia Stem Borer Moth

Samea multiplicalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Louisiana.January 74, February 68, March 70, April 147, May 136, June 129, July 105, August 78, September 79, October 85, November 56, December 65.
United States2,897
Louisiana965
Texas586
Mississippi394
Australia262
Queensland225
Alabama169
Georgia71
New South Wales37
Argentina23

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
GenusSamea

Sources

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