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Southern Tussock Moth

Dasychira meridionalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 16, February 16, March 18, April 34, May 21, June 28, July 19, August 10, September 13, October 12, November 15, December 15.
United States1,175
Texas186
Georgia90
Alabama67
South Carolina56
North Carolina51
Mississippi38
Missouri27
Louisiana27
Arkansas21

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
GenusDasychira

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