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Harnessed Tiger Moth

Apantesis phalerata

14,500 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 Ohio.January 22, February 24, March 32, April 63, May 148, June 34, July 56, August 63, September 74, October 26, November 19, December 18.
United States5,955
Ohio1,225
Canada933
Ontario903
New York716
Texas703
Maryland684
Tennessee656
Missouri512
Indiana411

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
GenusApantesis

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