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Jeweled Tailed Slug Moth

Packardia geminata

1,731 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 22, February 21, March 29, April 51, May 87, June 43, July 32, August 29, September 34, October 31, November 21, December 20.
United States2,125
Canada490
New York421
Ontario263
Massachusetts261
West Virginia213
Virginia183
Quebec169
Vermont142
New Hampshire119

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
FamilySlug Caterpillar Moths · Limacodidae
GenusTailed Slug Moths · Packardia

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