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Bidens Borer Moth

Epiblema otiosana

4,344 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 24, February 25, March 39, April 76, May 146, June 68, July 143, August 97, September 49, October 40, November 25, December 22.
United States3,025
Canada718
Ontario613
New York303
Louisiana231
Michigan225
Texas219
Virginia179
Maryland178
Mississippi152

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
FamilyTortricid Leafroller Moths · Tortricidae
GenusEpiblema

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