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Pale-winged Idia Moth

Idia concisa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 15, February 15, March 24, April 47, May 90, June 42, July 117, August 29, September 30, October 25, November 15, December 14.
Canada935
United States596
Ontario376
Quebec239
Michigan131
Nova Scotia113
New York103
Prince Edward Island64
Newfoundland and Labrador48
Virginia40

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
GenusIdia

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