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Gaudy Sphinx

Eumorpha labruscae

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 10, February 21, March 29, April 28, May 14, June 21, July 20, August 18, September 12, October 18, November 11, December 22.
United States293
Brazil224
Mexico200
Argentina113
Colombia78
Ecuador70
Costa Rica49
Sao Paulo49
Texas45
Galápagos40

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
GenusEumorpha

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