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Deduced Graphic

Bulia deducta

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 148, February 142, March 161, April 305, May 218, June 190, July 146, August 84, September 100, October 107, November 139, December 135.
Texas3,493
United States3,359
Arizona1,252
New Mexico445
Oklahoma276
California234
Mexico80
Colorado40
Nuevo Leon37
Nevada23

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
GenusBulia

Sources

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