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Bicolored Sallow

Sunira bicolorago

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 130, February 129, March 174, April 305, May 523, June 256, July 193, August 176, September 204, October 253, November 129, December 119.
United States17,116
Canada4,518
New York2,527
Ontario2,281
Maryland2,253
Virginia1,149
Pennsylvania1,136
Wisconsin1,082
Massachusetts903
North Carolina891

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
GenusSunira

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