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Orange-tipped Oakworm Moth

Anisota senatoria

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 30, February 32, March 35, April 58, May 75, June 37, July 30, August 106, September 35, October 32, November 27, December 27.
United States2,992
Virginia1,005
Maryland885
Pennsylvania341
Massachusetts340
New York295
Canada279
Ontario279
Connecticut253
West Virginia237

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
FamilyEmperor and Giant Silk Moths · Saturniidae
GenusOakworm Moths · Anisota

Sources

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