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Drab Condylolomia Moth

Condylolomia participialis

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 North Carolina.January 33, February 40, March 37, April 60, May 60, June 188, July 245, August 27, September 35, October 35, November 27, December 31.
United States4,441
North Carolina958
New York897
Canada829
Ontario400
Tennessee351
Massachusetts301
Pennsylvania300
Vermont285
Maryland282

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusCondylolomia

Sources

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