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Asteroid Moth

Cucullia asteroides

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 39, February 40, March 64, April 124, May 239, June 112, July 84, August 96, September 270, October 95, November 41, December 37.
United States2,250
Canada1,155
Ontario1,003
New York543
Michigan301
Ohio220
Pennsylvania162
Massachusetts123
Quebec116
Illinois84

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusHooded Owlets · Cucullia

Sources

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