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White-dotted Cryptaspasma

Cryptaspasma bipenicilla

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 2, May 2, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States52
North Carolina14
Mississippi8
Alabama6
Texas6
Louisiana4
Georgia3
South Carolina3

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
FamilyTortricid Leafroller Moths · Tortricidae
GenusCryptaspasma

Sources

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