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Celery Leaftier Moth

Udea rubigalis

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 Texas.January 612, February 639, March 797, April 1,078, May 660, June 321, July 288, August 297, September 354, October 1,188, November 490, December 475.
United States33,798
Texas7,262
Canada4,161
Maryland3,008
Ontario2,559
Illinois1,846
Ohio1,784
North Carolina1,694
Pennsylvania1,631
Virginia1,600

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
GenusUdea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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