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Ruddy Quaker Moth

Trichopolia oviduca

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 34, June 35, July 5, August 0, September 2, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Ontario76
Massachusetts56
Vermont33
Colorado29
Wisconsin16
Quebec11
New Jersey7
British Columbia7
Indiana6
Connecticut3

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
GenusTrichopolia

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