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Smoky Idia Moth

Idia scobialis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 14, February 14, March 19, April 34, May 58, June 28, July 21, August 19, September 23, October 21, November 14, December 13.
United States809
New York280
Canada175
Ontario141
Massachusetts123
Vermont80
New Hampshire46
Connecticut41
North Carolina36
Quebec31

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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