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Plain Longtail

Spicauda simplicius

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 16, February 8, March 3, April 8, May 11, June 12, July 7, August 17, September 14, October 14, November 9, December 13.
Mexico132
Brazil77
Costa Rica49
Colombia39
Oaxaca34
Argentina33
Chiapas23
Sao Paulo22
Sinaloa21
Antioquia21

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
FamilySkippers · Hesperiidae
GenusSpicauda

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