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Spotted Tussock Moth

Lophocampa maculata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 311, February 269, March 281, April 348, May 338, June 276, July 282, August 319, September 901, October 885, November 377, December 279.
United States16,843
Canada12,023
California5,072
Ontario3,943
British Columbia2,517
Quebec1,654
Washington1,627
New York1,334
Colorado1,177
Alberta1,119

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
GenusLophocampa

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