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Tufted Thyatirine Moth

Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 63, February 62, March 84, April 147, May 253, June 123, July 138, August 85, September 99, October 91, November 62, December 58.
United States5,606
Canada4,188
New York1,219
Ontario1,119
British Columbia647
Quebec533
Vermont429
Massachusetts419
Nova Scotia361
Alberta300

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
FamilyHooktip and False Owlet Moths · Drepanidae
GenusPseudothyatira

Sources

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