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Smoky Tetanolita Moth

Tetanolita mynesalis

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 Maryland.January 109, February 112, March 129, April 206, May 282, June 134, July 111, August 147, September 278, October 179, November 100, December 99.
United States9,268
Maryland1,958
Texas1,764
North Carolina1,218
Virginia1,084
Alabama785
Tennessee539
Oklahoma391
Delaware361
Louisiana278

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusTetanolita

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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