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Dusky Herpetogramma Moth

Herpetogramma phaeopteralis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) john_faggard, 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 Texas.January 103, February 98, March 111, April 211, May 129, June 63, July 57, August 98, September 170, October 359, November 193, December 109.
United States2,255
Texas1,163
Louisiana473
Mississippi130
Alabama110
Brazil96
Georgia77
North Carolina67
Canada46
Mexico45

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusHerpetogramma

Sources

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