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Saddled Yellowhorn

Colocasia flavicornis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 16, February 16, March 22, April 38, May 65, June 32, July 24, August 22, September 25, October 23, November 16, December 15.
United States1,601
Canada454
New York313
Ontario284
West Virginia146
Virginia142
Quebec139
Ohio125
Vermont121
Alabama98

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
GenusYellowhorn Moths · Colocasia

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