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Lined Ruby Tiger Moth

Phragmatobia lineata

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24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 11, February 11, March 15, April 26, May 45, June 22, July 17, August 15, September 18, October 16, November 11, December 10.
United States894
New York219
Canada206
Ontario197
Michigan184
Massachusetts118
Connecticut109
Pennsylvania101
Ohio44
Wisconsin24

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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