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Puss Moth

Cerura vinula

4,600 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,491, February 1,101, March 1,725, April 2,714, May 3,913, June 4,267, July 4,566, August 3,926, September 2,883, October 2,152, November 1,176, December 919.
United States30,831
Alaska30,831
United Kingdom575
Russia506
England492
Germany245
France153
Italy117
Austria100
Denmark97

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
FamilyProminent Moths · Notodontidae
GenusCerura

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