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Smaller Parasa Moth

Parasa chloris

3,435 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 23, February 23, March 30, April 53, May 91, June 45, July 65, August 31, September 36, October 33, November 22, December 21.
United States4,225
New York441
Virginia432
West Virginia368
Maryland283
Arizona270
Massachusetts261
Pennsylvania244
North Carolina240
Connecticut228

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
FamilySlug Caterpillar Moths · Limacodidae
GenusParasa

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