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Three-dotted Plume Moth

Adaina simplicius

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 2, May 2, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States52
Alabama14
Louisiana12
Mississippi9
Arkansas1

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
GenusAdaina

Sources

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