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Common Grass-veneer

Crambus praefectellus

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 46, February 47, March 74, April 145, May 279, June 141, July 99, August 292, September 94, October 77, November 48, December 43.
United States3,623
Canada2,475
Ontario1,171
Quebec794
New York754
Massachusetts445
Michigan283
Nova Scotia220
Illinois214
North Carolina174

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

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