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Aspen Carpenterworm

Acossus populi

735 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 British Columbia.January 13, February 12, March 19, April 23, May 35, June 69, July 51, August 22, September 19, October 15, November 12, December 12.
Canada601
United States401
British Columbia237
Alberta229
Idaho86
California58
Nunavut55
Oregon44
Ontario40
Quebec28

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
FamilyCarpenter and Leopard Moths · Cossidae
GenusAcossus

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