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Stained-glass Moth

Samea castellalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 116, February 111, March 126, April 239, May 147, June 71, July 64, August 79, September 233, October 414, November 236, December 106.
United States4,177
Texas1,318
Alabama718
Louisiana420
Georgia171
Mississippi142
South Carolina74
North Carolina47
Brazil28
Oklahoma12

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
GenusSamea

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