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Sword-grass

Xylena exsoleta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 288, February 213, March 333, April 524, May 756, June 825, July 882, August 759, September 557, October 416, November 227, December 178.
United States5,958
Alaska5,958
France157
Austria144
Spain110
Niederösterreich90
Russia79
Italy61
Occitanie59
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur49

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusXylena

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