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Imitable Crambid

Chrysendeton imitabilis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) dull2shinetoo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mississippi.January 6, February 6, March 6, April 11, May 6, June 4, July 3, August 4, September 5, October 5, November 4, December 5.
United States442
Mississippi65
Louisiana53
Alabama48
Texas28
North Carolina23
New Jersey21
Maryland16
Virginia13
Georgia11

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
GenusChrysendeton

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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