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Northern Old Lady Moth

Dasypodia cymatodes

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 126, February 258, March 259, April 122, May 32, June 4, July 8, August 7, September 8, October 7, November 41, December 87.
New Zealand959
Australia446
Auckland Region328
New South Wales228
Queensland211
Northland Region141
Waikato Region125
Wellington Region93
Bay of Plenty Region74
Tasman Region48

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
GenusDasypodia

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