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Giant Leopard Moth

Hypercompe scribonia

52,261 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 Texas.January 230, February 220, March 361, April 475, May 446, June 248, July 127, August 131, September 211, October 197, November 216, December 209.
United States42,580
Texas4,537
Canada3,644
Pennsylvania3,541
North Carolina3,245
Virginia2,988
Ontario2,898
Ohio2,789
Maryland2,644
Georgia1,728

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusHypercompe

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