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Pink-legged Tiger Moth

Spilosoma latipennis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 11, February 11, March 17, April 34, May 64, June 113, July 23, August 21, September 22, October 18, November 11, December 10.
United States767
Canada270
Ontario270
New York178
Michigan100
Massachusetts96
Ohio60
Connecticut54
Pennsylvania48
West Virginia33

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
GenusSpilosoma

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