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Cloaked Marvel

Chytonix palliatricula

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 83, February 85, March 135, April 264, May 507, June 739, July 540, August 162, September 170, October 139, November 87, December 78.
United States7,077
Canada3,593
Ontario2,128
New York1,451
Massachusetts708
Quebec632
Michigan402
Maryland351
Vermont345
Virginia331

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusChytonix

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