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Omnivorous Platynota Moth

Platynota rostrana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 124, February 120, March 200, April 255, May 156, June 100, July 122, August 83, September 92, October 144, November 116, December 113.
United States1,680
Texas1,405
Louisiana57
Mississippi54
Alabama29
Mexico20
Hawaii15
Georgia13
Oklahoma13
Nuevo Leon9

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
FamilyTortricid Leafroller Moths · Tortricidae
GenusPlatynota

Sources

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