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Magician Moth

Hileithia magualis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 219, February 209, March 238, April 451, May 299, June 409, July 518, August 252, September 232, October 169, November 205, December 199.
Texas3,240
United States2,735
Oklahoma75
Mississippi49
Alabama41
Arizona40
Mexico31
Nuevo Leon18
Kansas14
Missouri10

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusHileithia

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