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Large Ruby Tiger Moth

Phragmatobia assimilans

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 15, February 15, March 24, April 48, May 92, June 43, July 32, August 29, September 31, October 25, November 16, December 14.
Canada1,245
United States711
Ontario384
Quebec295
New York179
Alberta162
Nunavut158
Massachusetts134
Michigan96
Nova Scotia60

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
GenusPhragmatobia

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