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Lebeau's Silk Moth

Rothschildia lebeau

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 25, February 24, March 27, April 51, May 31, June 15, July 14, August 14, September 17, October 18, November 23, December 23.
United States281
Texas281
Mexico171
Costa Rica65
Colombia50
Tamaulipas47
Ecuador30
Nuevo Leon29
Provincia Puntarenas20
Jalisco19

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
FamilyEmperor and Giant Silk Moths · Saturniidae
GenusRothschildia

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