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Lobed Plume Moth

Dejongia lobidactylus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 18, February 19, March 29, April 57, May 110, June 52, July 282, August 35, September 37, October 30, November 19, December 17.
Canada1,155
United States955
Ontario462
Quebec355
New York341
Massachusetts223
Nova Scotia137
Vermont95
New Hampshire86
Prince Edward Island75

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
FamilyPlume Moths · Pterophoridae
GenusDejongia

Sources

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