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Virgin Moth

Protitame virginalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 13, February 13, March 20, April 40, May 77, June 43, July 66, August 32, September 26, October 21, November 13, December 12.
United States1,153
Canada880
Ontario321
New York199
Alberta146
Nunavut130
Ohio96
Quebec84
Massachusetts77
Texas76

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusProtitame

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