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Banded Tiger Moth

Apantesis vittata

2,415 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 18, February 21, March 20, April 32, May 32, June 19, July 15, August 15, September 19, October 18, November 14, December 16.
United States1,288
North Carolina239
South Carolina133
Georgia110
Texas87
Louisiana67
Mississippi61
Alabama45
Canada42
Ontario42

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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