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Lentiginos Moth

Sparganothoides lentiginosana

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 84, February 81, March 91, April 174, May 107, June 71, July 146, August 56, September 154, October 82, November 79, December 77.
United States2,043
Texas955
Alabama378
Oklahoma125
Mississippi114
Louisiana97
Georgia87
Virginia62
Maryland59
North Carolina46

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
FamilyTortricid Leafroller Moths · Tortricidae
GenusSparganothoides

Sources

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