🦋Ascalapha odorata
The erebid moth Ascalapha odorata, commonly known as the black witch, is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth, normally ranging from the southern United States to Brazil. Ascalapha odorata is also migratory into Canada and most states of the United States. It is the largest noctuoid in the continental United States. In the folklore of many Central and South American cultures, it is associated with death or misfortune.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderLepidoptera
- ›familyErebidae
- ›genusAscalapha
- ›speciesAscalapha odorata
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
- subfamilyOphiderinae
- genusAscalapha
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- superorderAmphiesmenoptera
- orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
- suborderGlossata
- subfamilyOphiderinae
- genusAscalapha
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