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Texas Grass Tubeworm Moth

Acrolophus texanella

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 91, February 87, March 99, April 188, May 290, June 184, July 84, August 95, September 70, October 66, November 85, December 83.
United States2,576
Texas1,032
Alabama407
North Carolina209
Virginia157
Maryland117
Georgia113
Louisiana112
Mississippi88
Tennessee60

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
FamilyFungus Moths, Clothes Moths, & Allies · Tineidae
GenusGrass Tubeworm Moths · Acrolophus

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