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Little Virgin Tiger Moth

Apantesis virguncula

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 40, February 41, March 65, April 128, May 246, June 505, July 97, August 78, September 82, October 67, November 42, December 38.
Canada1,544
United States1,339
Ontario1,030
New York519
Quebec274
Michigan184
Wisconsin126
Massachusetts118
Minnesota87
Saskatchewan63

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
GenusApantesis

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