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Promethea Silkmoth

Callosamia promethea

9,965 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 New York.January 107, February 106, March 144, April 251, May 431, June 211, July 159, August 145, September 168, October 155, November 106, December 98.
United States9,166
Canada2,170
New York2,081
Ontario1,784
Pennsylvania783
Massachusetts704
Vermont566
Virginia505
Michigan439
West Virginia389

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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