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Double-banded Grass-veneer

Crambus agitatellus

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 Ontario.January 117, February 120, March 190, April 372, May 716, June 356, July 1,353, August 228, September 240, October 197, November 123, December 110.
United States12,779
Canada6,892
Ontario4,783
Maryland1,865
Quebec1,348
Virginia1,284
New York1,206
Ohio1,157
Pennsylvania1,115
North Carolina999

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
GenusCrambus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Double-banded Grass-veneer with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.