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Crotalaria moth

Utetheisa lotrix

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 20, February 22, March 34, April 120, May 137, June 72, July 51, August 47, September 84, October 54, November 12, December 12.
Australia665
Queensland461
New South Wales104
India77
Northern Territory59
China50
Taiwan34
Thailand33
Taiwan Province31
Western Australia26

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
GenusRattlepod Moths · Utetheisa

Sources

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