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Elegant Grass-veneer

Microcrambus elegans

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 179, February 184, March 291, April 570, May 1,095, June 513, July 1,548, August 679, September 367, October 301, November 188, December 168.
United States28,171
Canada6,715
Ontario4,941
Maryland2,791
Pennsylvania2,261
New York1,886
Ohio1,827
North Carolina1,707
Virginia1,682
Massachusetts1,598

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
GenusMicrocrambus

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