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Vestal Tiger Moth

Spilosoma vestalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 118, February 103, March 177, April 312, May 283, June 95, July 81, August 83, September 105, October 107, November 138, December 106.
United States1,575
California1,302
Oregon122
Washington97
Nevada37
Idaho10
Virginia2
New Jersey2
Maryland2
Mexico2

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
GenusSpilosoma

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