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Scarce Grass-veneer

Crambus pratella

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 473, February 349, March 547, April 861, May 1,241, June 1,353, July 1,448, August 1,245, September 914, October 682, November 373, December 291.
United States9,778
Alaska9,778
Germany87
Russia48
Netherlands47
Poland44
Austria42
Niedersachsen26
Switzerland25
Denmark24

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
GenusCrambus

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