Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Lepidoptera > Superfamily Noctuoidea > Family Noctuidae > Subfamily Agaristinae > Genus Alypia > Species Alypia octomaculata
My image of Alypia octomaculata, taken April 17, 2025 in Braithwaite, LA, USA
FACT: The pupae of these moths have been recorded entering diapause, or a period of paused development, for as long as four whole years!
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