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Larch Tolype Moth

Tolype laricis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 26, February 26, March 42, April 82, May 157, June 74, July 56, August 163, September 53, October 43, November 27, December 24.
United States1,787
Canada1,205
Ontario660
New York600
Quebec357
Massachusetts334
Vermont205
Michigan194
New Hampshire169
Nova Scotia80

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
FamilyLappet Moths · Lasiocampidae
GenusTolype Moths · Tolype

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