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Lily Borer

Brithys crini

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 55, February 41, March 82, April 153, May 83, June 24, July 18, August 25, September 15, October 56, November 69, December 63.
South Africa684
Western Cape284
Spain268
Portugal225
Gauteng169
Italy155
Australia128
Galicia118
KwaZulu-Natal118
Queensland89

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusBrithys

Sources

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