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Little White Lichen Moth

Clemensia albata

9,837 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 Ontario.January 63, February 65, March 103, April 201, May 387, June 496, July 137, August 517, September 177, October 106, November 66, December 59.
United States5,924
Canada2,441
Ontario1,863
New York1,169
Maryland793
Virginia503
Alabama379
Quebec375
North Carolina365
Tennessee315

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
GenusClemensia

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