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Fasciolated Graphic

Melipotis fasciolaris

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 11, February 3, March 4, April 30, May 24, June 19, July 49, August 37, September 27, October 35, November 16, December 6.
United States270
Mexico261
Texas109
Colombia94
Brazil90
Sinaloa65
Oaxaca52
Antioquia46
Sao Paulo27
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave24

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
GenusMelipotis

Sources

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