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Bold-feathered Grass Moth

Herpetogramma pertextalis

8,755 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 Maryland.January 17, February 17, March 20, April 32, May 43, June 21, July 23, August 32, September 25, October 19, November 15, December 15.
United States3,021
Maryland791
Canada438
Ontario341
New York340
Virginia306
Ohio239
Pennsylvania230
West Virginia173
Oregon158

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
GenusHerpetogramma

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