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Speckled Renia Moth

Renia adspergillus

11,000 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Maryland.January 29, February 30, March 34, April 54, May 78, June 90, July 29, August 29, September 35, October 32, November 26, December 26.
United States3,128
Maryland1,305
Alabama578
Canada550
New York519
Ontario440
Virginia398
Connecticut250
Pennsylvania211
Delaware197

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
GenusRenia Moths · Renia

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