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Spotted Oleander Moth

Empyreuma pugione

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 Puerto Rico.January 3, February 3, March 3, April 2, May 0, June 10, July 3, August 3, September 1, October 1, November 6, December 2.
United States1,151
Puerto Rico37
United States Virgin Islands12
Georgia7

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
GenusEmpyreuma

Sources

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