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Hubbard's Silk Moth

Syssphinx hubbardi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 60, February 55, March 73, April 97, May 88, June 43, July 135, August 283, September 162, October 46, November 47, December 52.
Arizona1,156
United States902
Texas145
Mexico91
Sonora29
Sinaloa27
New Mexico22
Durango11
Colima4
Chihuahua3

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
FamilyEmperor and Giant Silk Moths · Saturniidae
GenusSyssphinx

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