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Red-necked Peanutworm Moth

Stegasta bosqueella

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 Texas.January 104, February 99, March 113, April 214, May 131, June 70, July 174, August 109, September 169, October 212, November 97, December 94.
United States2,577
Texas1,178
Alabama221
Louisiana155
Oklahoma148
Georgia126
Mississippi116
Missouri113
South Carolina110
North Carolina91

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
FamilyTwirler Moths · Gelechiidae
GenusStegasta

Sources

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