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Painted Schinia Moth

Schinia volupia

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 74, February 71, March 80, April 226, May 249, June 133, July 41, August 42, September 50, October 53, November 69, December 67.
United States1,292
Texas840
Colorado195
Oklahoma127
Wyoming68
New Mexico43
Kansas13
Louisiana3
Mexico3
Utah2

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

Sources

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