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Coastal Plain Meganola Moth

Meganola phylla

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Maryland.January 11, February 12, March 13, April 21, May 29, June 14, July 14, August 11, September 14, October 13, November 10, December 10.
United States1,646
Maryland170
Virginia165
North Carolina148
Alabama145
Tennessee126
Mississippi117
Delaware111
Louisiana96
Georgia86

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
FamilyTufted Moths · Nolidae
GenusMeganola

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