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Clover Hayworm Moth

Hypsopygia costalis

12,014 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,167, February 862, March 1,350, April 2,124, May 3,063, June 3,340, July 3,574, August 3,073, September 2,256, October 1,684, November 920, December 719.
United States27,418
Alaska24,132
Canada1,788
Ontario1,131
Austria725
New York642
Germany622
Hungary514
Russia508
France465

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusHayworms · Hypsopygia

Sources

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Practise Clover Hayworm Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.