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Jaguar Flower Moth

Schinia jaguarina

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 18, February 14, March 19, April 38, May 58, June 35, July 55, August 44, September 26, October 18, November 16, December 15.
United States1,212
Colorado318
Texas280
Oklahoma119
Kansas117
Wyoming59
Nebraska49
South Dakota47
Canada33
New Mexico24

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
GenusSchinia

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