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Virgin Tiger Moth

Apantesis virgo

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 43, February 44, March 70, April 137, May 263, June 123, July 594, August 84, September 88, October 72, November 45, December 40.
United States3,197
Canada2,562
Ontario1,104
New York894
Quebec451
Vermont406
New Brunswick227
Massachusetts220
Nova Scotia217
Michigan203

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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