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Miranda Moth

Proxenus miranda

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 28, February 29, March 46, April 90, May 173, June 85, July 74, August 136, September 58, October 47, November 30, December 26.
United States1,954
Canada1,311
Ontario725
New York416
Michigan231
Alberta198
Nunavut128
Minnesota111
Massachusetts109
Kansas89

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusProxenus

Sources

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