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Scarce Tabby

Pyralis lienigialis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 2, June 1, July 3, August 4, September 1, October 2, November 0, December 1.
Spain14
Andalucía8
Portugal6
Comunitat Valenciana4
FARO4
France3
Corse3
Finland2
ÉVORA2
Castilla y León1

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusMeal Moths · Pyralis

Sources

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