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Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth

Lithacodes fasciola

9,606 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 Ontario.January 52, February 53, March 84, April 164, May 315, June 148, July 562, August 100, September 106, October 87, November 54, December 48.
United States9,282
Canada2,209
Ontario1,321
New York1,263
North Carolina653
Virginia650
Alabama619
Massachusetts597
Quebec520
Tennessee507

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
GenusLithacodes

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