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Atteva aurea (Fitch, 1856) - Ailanthus webworm moth in Ohio, USA.

Despite the nontraditional body shape, this strikingly-colored orange, black, and white insect is a moth. It is native to parts of the subtropical and tropical New World Northern Hemisphere.

The leaf is part of a buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis occidentalis), which is native to eastern America.

Classification of moth: Animalia, Arthropoda, Hexapoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Attevidae

Classification of plant: Plantae, Angiospermophyta, Gentianales, Rubiaceae

Locality: western side of Newark, central Licking County, central Ohio, USA

See info. at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailanthus_webworm" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailanthus_webworm</a> and <a href="https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Ailanthus-Webworm-Moth" rel="nofollow">www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?ident...</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidoptera" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidoptera</a> and

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalanthus_occidentalis" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalanthus_occidentalis</a>
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Author James St. John

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