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Bloxworth Snout

Hypena obsitalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Portugal.January 70, February 94, March 115, April 129, May 94, June 45, July 44, August 17, September 35, October 37, November 68, December 91.
Portugal839
Italy497
Spain389
France388
United States369
Alaska369
PORTO249
Nord-Ovest173
Nord-Est167
United Kingdom151

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusHypena

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