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Pink-masked Pyralid Moth

Aglossa disciferalis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) jasondombroskie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 19, February 19, March 26, April 45, May 77, June 38, July 53, August 26, September 30, October 28, November 19, December 18.
United States1,826
New York373
Canada348
Ontario304
Vermont127
Maryland124
Virginia116
Massachusetts115
North Carolina97
New Hampshire83

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusTabby Moths · Aglossa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Pink-masked Pyralid Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.