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Zebra Caterpillar Moth

Melanchra picta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 19, February 19, March 30, April 60, May 115, June 54, July 40, August 51, September 38, October 36, November 20, December 18.
United States1,019
Canada709
Ontario481
Michigan184
New York159
Ohio74
Minnesota71
Colorado63
Quebec61
Wisconsin60

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusMelanchra

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