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Streaked Tussock Moth

Dasychira obliquata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 14, February 14, March 19, April 32, May 56, June 27, July 21, August 19, September 22, October 20, November 14, December 13.
United States1,517
New York269
Pennsylvania181
Massachusetts161
West Virginia151
Canada114
Virginia106
Ontario94
Ohio87
New Jersey82

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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