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Virginia Ctenucha Moth

Ctenucha virginica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 452, February 463, March 733, April 1,436, May 2,758, June 3,272, July 1,964, August 880, September 925, October 758, November 474, December 423.
United States17,602
Canada17,195
Ontario10,938
Quebec1,922
Vermont1,850
Wisconsin1,725
New York1,612
Michigan1,605
Nova Scotia1,540
Minnesota1,238

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
GenusCtenucha

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