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Black-banded Wasp Moth

Syntomeida melanthus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 7, February 8, March 23, April 60, May 18, June 55, July 53, August 92, September 83, October 92, November 36, December 18.
Mexico545
Nuevo Leon162
United States73
Texas72
Jalisco71
Sinaloa64
Michoacan de Ocampo30
Puebla24
Oaxaca19
San Luis Potosi18

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
GenusSyntomeida

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