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Insects › Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths

Neighbor Moth

Haploa contigua

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 24, February 24, March 39, April 76, May 145, June 68, July 333, August 46, September 49, October 40, November 25, December 22.
United States1,742
Canada752
Ontario609
Virginia191
New York183
West Virginia172
Tennessee161
North Carolina160
Michigan151
Quebec138

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
GenusHaploa

Sources

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