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Grote's Tussock Moth

Calliteara grotei

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 14, February 21, March 36, April 122, May 43, June 13, July 12, August 20, September 19, October 21, November 29, December 34.
China384
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region281
India54
Thailand34
Chiang Mai Province27
Taiwan26
Taiwan Province22
Assam18
Shanghai Municipality14
Guangzhou Province12

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
GenusCalliteara

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