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Banded Tussock Moth

Halysidota tessellaris

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 437, February 448, March 709, April 1,389, May 2,668, June 1,250, July 1,665, August 1,943, September 2,478, October 733, November 458, December 409.
United States43,578
Canada15,071
Ontario10,178
North Carolina3,789
Ohio2,859
Pennsylvania2,825
Virginia2,810
Georgia2,431
Quebec2,172
Tennessee2,159

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
GenusHalysidota

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