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Shaded Fan-foot

Herminia tarsicrinalis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) johannesjreisinger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 483, February 356, March 558, April 879, May 1,267, June 1,381, July 1,478, August 1,271, September 933, October 697, November 381, December 298.
United States9,981
Alaska9,981
Russia329
Austria304
France233
Hungary208
Germany202
Steiermark189
Spain173
Switzerland163

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
GenusHerminia

Sources

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