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Julia's Idia Moth

Idia julia

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Maryland.January 10, February 10, March 11, April 18, May 25, June 28, July 10, August 20, September 12, October 11, November 9, December 9.
United States1,154
Maryland146
Virginia136
Canada130
New York129
New Jersey94
Ontario94
North Carolina93
Alabama69
Massachusetts65

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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