The Skunk Moth

Polix coloradella

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae

North American moths represent about 12,000 types of moths. In comparison, there are about 825 species of North American butterflies. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Distribution

The Skunk Moth — (c) CatherineK, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 145United States of America · 140

Sources and credits

Photo(c) CatherineK, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionList of moths of North America (MONA 855–2311), Wikipedia contributors

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