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Gracile Palpita Moth

Palpita atrisquamalis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) allenbryan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 152, February 145, March 165, April 313, May 192, June 128, July 176, August 145, September 195, October 299, November 143, December 138.
United States1,877
Texas1,724
Oklahoma62
Arizona36
New Mexico23
California23
Mexico15
Nevada7
Queretaro de Arteaga6
Coahuila de Zaragoza4

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
GenusPalpita Moths · Palpita

Sources

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Practise Gracile Palpita Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.