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Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth

Pyrausta tyralis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 92, February 88, March 100, April 190, May 172, June 135, July 108, August 70, September 71, October 101, November 86, December 84.
United States3,674
Texas1,046
Mexico246
Oklahoma138
Missouri123
Louisiana121
Mississippi100
Arizona92
Arkansas86
Georgia78

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
GenusMint Moths · Pyrausta

Sources

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