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Muslin Moth

Diaphora mendica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 4,158, February 3,071, March 4,811, April 7,569, May 10,914, June 11,900, July 12,734, August 10,951, September 8,040, October 6,001, November 3,279, December 2,563.
United States85,995
Alaska85,993
United Kingdom1,677
England1,590
France723
Germany247
Italy214
Russia201
Spain200
Portugal161

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
GenusDiaphora

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