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Walsingham's Grass Tubeworm Moth

Acrolophus propinqua

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 8, February 9, March 10, April 16, May 21, June 10, July 8, August 8, September 10, October 9, November 7, December 8.
United States960
Virginia123
Maryland110
North Carolina104
Alabama88
Georgia75
South Carolina74
New Jersey56
New York35
Tennessee33

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
FamilyFungus Moths, Clothes Moths, & Allies · Tineidae
GenusGrass Tubeworm Moths · Acrolophus

Sources

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