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Pink Lymantria Moth

Lymantria mathura

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 6, February 0, March 5, April 44, May 147, June 92, July 81, August 53, September 40, October 80, November 31, December 4.
China583
Taiwan355
Taiwan Province352
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region135
India99
Japan86
South Korea81
Taipei75
Thailand54
New Taipei51

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
GenusLymantria

Sources

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