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Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth

Hippotion rosetta

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 India.January 33, February 21, March 23, April 12, May 18, June 16, July 39, August 22, September 32, October 70, November 50, December 47.
India383
Australia200
China167
Queensland161
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region109
Tamil Nādu82
United States75
Hawaii75
Kerala63
Malaysia51

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
FamilySphinx Moths · Sphingidae
GenusHippotion

Sources

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