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Southern Longhorn Moth

Adela caeruleella

1,025 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Tennessee.January 8, February 10, March 11, April 24, May 19, June 11, July 9, August 8, September 11, October 10, November 7, December 8.
United States1,011
Tennessee130
North Carolina127
Alabama100
Virginia92
Mississippi91
West Virginia72
Georgia50
Kentucky49
Louisiana49

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
FamilyFairy Moths · Adelidae
GenusAdela

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