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Giant White

Ganyra josephina

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 55, February 53, March 60, April 113, May 69, June 34, July 30, August 31, September 37, October 97, November 176, December 73.
United States623
Texas623
Mexico243
Sinaloa57
Oaxaca46
Yucatan34
Costa Rica31
Quintana Roo26
Provincia Alajuela20
San Luis Potosi17

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
FamilyWhites, Yellows, and Sulphurs · Pieridae
GenusGanyra

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