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Basal-dash Glaphyria Moth

Glaphyria basiflavalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 4, February 5, March 4, April 8, May 5, June 2, July 2, August 4, September 3, October 3, November 6, December 4.
United States114
Texas45
Louisiana18
Mississippi16
Alabama8
Georgia4
South Carolina2

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
GenusGlaphyria

Sources

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