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Rimosus Sphinx

Isognathus rimosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 6, February 3, March 12, April 25, May 21, June 23, July 28, August 86, September 105, October 98, November 52, December 14.
Mexico473
Sinaloa77
Oaxaca63
Quintana Roo61
Jalisco46
Morelos33
Yucatan31
Guerrero29
Costa Rica26
Puebla23

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
FamilySphinx Moths · Sphingidae
GenusIsognathus

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