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Mint-loving Pyrausta Moth

Pyrausta acrionalis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 78, February 77, March 104, April 182, May 313, June 153, July 115, August 180, September 122, October 113, November 77, December 71.
United States6,897
Canada2,097
New York1,512
Ontario1,471
Quebec471
Ohio450
Alabama419
Vermont406
Virginia403
North Carolina344

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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
GenusMint Moths · Pyrausta

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