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English: 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 flower cluster is 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: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailanthus_webworm and www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?ident... and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidoptera and

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalanthus_occidentalis
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