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Spangled Pelochrista

Pelochrista scintillana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 22, February 21, March 24, April 109, May 69, June 17, July 12, August 13, September 15, October 16, November 21, December 20.
United States797
Texas250
Canada102
Colorado78
Mississippi66
Alabama54
Ontario54
Louisiana53
Oklahoma36
Minnesota30

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
GenusPelochrista Moths · Pelochrista

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