Insects › Pyralid Snout Moths

Pawpaw Webworm Moth

Omphalocera munroei

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 Virginia.January 19, February 20, March 22, April 36, May 47, June 23, July 58, August 29, September 22, October 20, November 17, December 17.
United States1,170
Virginia281
Maryland212
Missouri117
West Virginia64
Tennessee46
North Carolina42
Alabama39
Texas32
Illinois28

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
GenusOmphalocera

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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