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Dimorphic Tosale Moth

Tosale oviplagalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 31, February 34, March 37, April 60, May 78, June 56, July 31, August 30, September 37, October 34, November 28, December 29.
United States3,994
Virginia469
North Carolina370
Maryland370
Alabama319
New York292
Canada287
Ontario262
West Virginia249
Ohio235

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusTosale

Sources

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