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Large Tabby

Aglossa pinguinalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 482, February 356, March 558, April 878, May 1,266, June 1,380, July 1,477, August 1,270, September 933, October 696, November 380, December 297.
United States11,189
Alaska9,974
Canada844
Germany450
Ontario435
New York383
Russia346
France319
United Kingdom238
England236

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusTabby Moths · Aglossa

Sources

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