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Elm Sphinx

Ceratomia amyntor

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 41, February 42, March 66, April 129, May 248, June 116, July 190, August 107, September 83, October 68, November 43, December 38.
United States5,159
Canada1,322
Ontario1,041
New York642
Texas456
Michigan384
Virginia352
Ohio324
Massachusetts221
Quebec200

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
FamilySphinx Moths · Sphingidae
GenusCeratomia

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