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Agrippina Underwing

Catocala agrippina

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 63, February 60, March 68, April 129, May 114, June 252, July 165, August 36, September 42, October 45, November 59, December 57.
United States1,129
Texas711
Louisiana78
Oklahoma71
Mississippi55
Missouri27
Georgia26
South Carolina18
Alabama15
Arkansas13

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusUnderwing Moths · Catocala

Sources

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