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Immaculate Tiger Moth

Apantesis incorrupta

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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 25, February 24, March 27, April 52, May 32, June 16, July 16, August 16, September 24, October 18, November 24, December 23.
United States824
Texas285
New Mexico274
Arizona259
Oklahoma43
Idaho37
Colorado27
Utah13
Mexico13
Sonora4

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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