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Evergreen Bagworm Moth

Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 183, February 175, March 199, April 377, May 231, June 112, July 101, August 119, September 205, October 132, November 172, December 166.
United States15,617
Texas2,074
Virginia1,441
Oklahoma1,271
Maryland1,233
Pennsylvania1,227
North Carolina1,002
New York928
Ohio860
Illinois847

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
FamilyBagworm Moths · Psychidae
GenusThyridopteryx

Sources

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