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Pink-striped Oakworm Moth

Anisota virginiensis

8,111 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 19, February 20, March 19, April 28, May 22, June 25, July 19, August 27, September 15, October 17, November 13, December 16.
United States3,643
Canada864
Georgia557
Ontario452
Alabama450
South Carolina363
New York359
North Carolina288
Virginia276
Quebec264

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

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