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Orange-spotted Idia Moth

Idia diminuendis

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 New York.January 10, February 10, March 14, April 24, May 41, June 20, July 16, August 14, September 16, October 15, November 10, December 9.
United States1,170
New York198
Canada174
Massachusetts171
Ontario157
Texas68
North Carolina62
Michigan58
Tennessee54
Alabama53

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

Sources

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