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Eupatorium Plume Moth

Oidaematophorus eupatorii

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 7, February 7, March 11, April 21, May 40, June 19, July 62, August 13, September 13, October 11, November 7, December 6.
United States410
Canada262
Ontario168
New York112
Quebec79
Massachusetts44
Michigan36
North Carolina34
Tennessee27
Vermont24

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
FamilyPlume Moths · Pterophoridae
GenusOidaematophorus

Sources

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