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Crowned Slug Moth

Isa textula

7,225 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 New York.January 43, February 42, March 57, April 100, May 172, June 84, July 65, August 58, September 67, October 62, November 42, December 39.
United States6,731
New York828
Canada728
Massachusetts579
Ontario573
Virginia536
North Carolina514
Maryland423
West Virginia314
Pennsylvania293

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
FamilySlug Caterpillar Moths · Limacodidae
GenusIsa

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