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Saltmarsh Grass-veneer

Pediasia aridella

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 201, February 148, March 232, April 365, May 526, June 574, July 614, August 528, September 388, October 289, November 158, December 124.
United States4,153
Alaska4,147
Canada216
Nunavut76
Alberta66
Finland62
Central Finland51
Manitoba35
British Columbia30
Russia17

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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
GenusPediasia

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