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Grote's Underwing Moth

Catocala grotiana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 20, February 15, March 21, April 42, May 63, June 38, July 36, August 30, September 28, October 20, November 18, December 17.
United States638
Colorado348
Wyoming92
Arizona63
New Mexico41
Utah36
Texas24
Idaho16
Canada7
Nevada5

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

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