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Cecropia Moth

Hyalophora cecropia

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 180, February 185, March 292, April 572, May 1,099, June 974, July 388, August 465, September 369, October 302, November 189, December 168.
United States13,185
Canada6,165
Ontario4,679
New York2,773
Minnesota1,000
Pennsylvania960
Ohio884
Quebec800
Vermont787
Texas756

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
GenusHyalophora

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