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Variable Tussock Moth

Dasychira vagans

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.January 7, February 6, March 10, April 21, May 43, June 34, July 25, August 22, September 16, October 11, November 7, December 6.
Canada662
United States416
Alberta209
Nunavut167
British Columbia85
New York79
Ontario75
Quebec63
Saskatchewan52
Pennsylvania38

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
GenusDasychira

Sources

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