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Dark Phalaenostola Moth

Phalaenostola eumelusalis

2,533 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 Ontario.January 16, February 17, March 27, April 52, May 100, June 47, July 193, August 32, September 34, October 28, November 17, December 15.
United States1,320
Canada819
Ontario420
New York264
Quebec222
Ohio108
Virginia103
West Virginia97
Maryland91
Vermont66

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
GenusPhalaenostola

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