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Pickleworm Moth

Diaphania nitidalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 13, February 16, March 15, April 24, May 24, June 14, July 12, August 22, September 22, October 15, November 11, December 12.
United States775
North Carolina181
Georgia126
Mexico86
Brazil86
South Carolina74
Alabama72
Tennessee53
Colombia45
Mississippi44

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
GenusDiaphania

Sources

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