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Cross-striped Cabbageworm Moth

Evergestis rimosalis

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 47, February 45, March 51, April 132, May 117, June 45, July 26, August 27, September 32, October 34, November 44, December 43.
United States3,417
Texas532
New York270
Virginia226
Massachusetts199
Pennsylvania197
North Carolina190
Canada183
Maryland183
Ohio178

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusEvergestis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Cross-striped Cabbageworm Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.