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Orange Epipagis Moth

Epipagis fenestralis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 44, February 42, March 48, April 91, May 56, June 27, July 24, August 52, September 99, October 95, November 42, December 40.
United States2,258
Texas503
Arkansas297
Alabama242
North Carolina179
Louisiana171
Mississippi154
Virginia114
Kentucky109
Oklahoma90

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
GenusEpipagis

Sources

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