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Bronzed Cutworm Moth

Nephelodes minians

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 165, February 169, March 268, April 524, May 1,007, June 472, July 355, August 812, September 1,092, October 277, November 173, December 154.
United States12,164
Canada7,211
Ontario4,346
New York2,271
Quebec1,181
Ohio1,127
Wisconsin1,105
Pennsylvania944
Illinois921
Massachusetts863

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusNephelodes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Bronzed Cutworm Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.