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Forage Looper Moth

Caenurgina erechtea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 221, February 211, March 386, April 456, May 305, June 136, July 122, August 126, September 149, October 233, November 207, December 201.
United States8,393
Texas3,102
Canada1,509
Ontario800
Oklahoma673
Missouri624
New York470
Nebraska416
Kansas345
Minnesota278

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
GenusCaenurgina

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