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Pale Tussock Moth

Calliteara pudibunda

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 6,079, February 4,490, March 7,035, April 11,067, May 15,957, June 17,400, July 18,619, August 16,013, September 11,756, October 8,775, November 4,795, December 3,748.
United States125,735
Alaska125,734
United Kingdom4,028
England3,670
Germany2,708
France1,808
Austria1,181
Denmark948
Switzerland795
Spain775

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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