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Gray-banded Pococera Moth

Pococera maritimalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 9, February 9, March 10, April 30, May 19, June 6, July 7, August 15, September 6, October 6, November 8, December 8.
United States194
Texas102
Canada85
Prince Edward Island49
Quebec32
Oklahoma27
Nova Scotia24
New Brunswick12
New York8
Maine8

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
GenusPococera

Sources

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