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Tulip-tree Silkmoth

Callosamia angulifera

9,331 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 113, February 136, March 125, April 201, May 218, June 392, July 190, August 112, September 119, October 117, November 91, December 104.
United States7,860
North Carolina2,051
Virginia981
Tennessee863
Alabama789
Georgia771
Maryland746
West Virginia382
Kentucky299
Pennsylvania271

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
FamilyEmperor and Giant Silk Moths · Saturniidae
GenusCallosamia

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