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Sesame Leafroller

Antigastra catalaunalis

3,918 observations in the source records

What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 4, May 3, June 13, July 29, August 109, September 159, October 195, November 25, December 1.
Spain541
Italy273
United States263
Portugal249
France196
Texas188
Australia149
Andalucía146
Cataluña/Catalunya122
South Africa119

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
GenusAntigastra

Sources

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