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Ranchman's Tiger Moth

Arctia virginalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 56, February 49, March 203, April 360, May 156, June 78, July 39, August 39, September 50, October 51, November 65, December 50.
United States1,711
California860
Oregon699
Canada351
Washington239
Idaho199
British Columbia197
Alberta154
Utah88
Nevada22

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
GenusArctia

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