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Common Idia Moth

Idia aemula

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 149, February 153, March 242, April 474, May 910, June 426, July 924, August 371, September 490, October 250, November 156, December 139.
United States22,403
Canada6,814
Ontario4,649
North Carolina1,683
Alabama1,631
Maryland1,624
Texas1,546
Massachusetts1,459
Quebec1,242
New York1,147

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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