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Morbid Owlet

Chytolita morbidalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 68, February 70, March 110, April 216, May 415, June 829, July 168, August 132, September 139, October 114, November 71, December 64.
United States9,153
Canada2,911
Ontario2,209
Massachusetts1,192
New York1,025
Maryland943
Pennsylvania820
Virginia816
Quebec595
Connecticut515

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
GenusChytolita

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