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Yellow-headed Lichen Moth

Crambidia cephalica

837 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 19, February 18, March 28, April 51, May 24, June 34, July 11, August 11, September 13, October 16, November 18, December 18.
United States1,067
Texas219
Colorado193
Arizona180
Utah127
Wyoming59
Virginia40
Tennessee37
Maryland36
North Carolina35

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusCrambidia

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