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Rabbitbush Hooded Owlet

Cucullia laetifica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 23, February 22, March 45, April 47, May 29, June 14, July 13, August 13, September 33, October 23, November 21, December 21.
United States357
Texas258
Oklahoma37
New Mexico26
Kansas14
Colorado7
Alabama3
Georgia3
Arizona3
Missouri2

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
GenusHooded Owlets · Cucullia

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