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Forked Grass-veneer

Crambus bidens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 11, February 12, March 19, April 36, May 70, June 33, July 80, August 61, September 23, October 19, November 12, December 11.
Canada644
United States577
Ontario293
Quebec225
New York177
Massachusetts80
Connecticut67
Michigan50
Nova Scotia38
New Hampshire37

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

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