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Trichordestra tacoma · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Noctuidae
Trichordestra tacoma, called the Tacoma polia, is a cutworm or dart moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Trichordestra tacoma, the Tacoma polia, belongs to the cutworm or dart moth group in the Noctuidae family.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
This moth lives in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range is North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 16 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Michigan, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, California, Washington, Colorado, New Hampshire.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichordestra_tacoma
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