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Northern Eudeilinia Moth

Eudeilinia herminiata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 25, February 26, March 41, April 80, May 154, June 76, July 157, August 145, September 52, October 42, November 26, December 24.
United States1,179
Canada832
Ontario647
New York347
Michigan97
Ohio96
Massachusetts84
Quebec81
Pennsylvania59
Vermont49

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
GenusEudeilinia

Sources

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