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Abbot's Bagworm Moth

Oiketicus abbotii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 32, February 46, March 78, April 146, May 32, June 33, July 37, August 44, September 56, October 42, November 37, December 35.
Texas618
Louisiana282
Mexico52
Alabama37
Georgia34
Nuevo Leon16
Mississippi15
South Carolina8
Michoacan de Ocampo5
Jalisco4

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
FamilyBagworm Moths · Psychidae
GenusOiketicus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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