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Ochre Parachma Moth

Parachma ochracealis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 65, February 62, March 71, April 160, May 82, June 40, July 185, August 89, September 62, October 47, November 61, December 59.
United States1,636
Texas739
Alabama208
Louisiana117
Mississippi96
North Carolina73
South Carolina57
Georgia53
Arkansas34
Oklahoma29

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusParachma

Sources

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