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Black-bordered Lemon Moth

Marimatha nigrofimbria

19,388 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 Texas.January 264, February 253, March 287, April 544, May 334, June 295, July 650, August 343, September 565, October 190, November 248, December 240.
United States16,709
Texas3,547
Alabama1,827
North Carolina1,362
Maryland1,214
Virginia870
New York859
Massachusetts631
Tennessee584
Oklahoma510

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusLemon Moths · Marimatha

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