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Charlotte's Tiger Moth

Apantesis carlotta

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) colincroft, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 19, February 18, March 20, April 38, May 23, June 11, July 10, August 11, September 13, October 13, November 17, December 17.
United States1,479
Texas211
Oklahoma193
Kansas135
Massachusetts108
Nebraska101
Maryland99
New York89
Virginia87
Colorado76

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusApantesis

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