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Glossy Black Idia Moth

Idia lubricalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 65, February 66, March 105, April 205, May 394, June 185, July 698, August 271, September 132, October 108, November 68, December 60.
United States6,262
Canada2,589
Ontario2,202
New York1,424
Vermont507
Quebec478
Massachusetts438
Texas392
Michigan317
Pennsylvania293

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
GenusIdia

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