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Hemlock Looper Moth

Lambdina fiscellaria

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 98, February 101, March 160, April 313, May 601, June 282, July 212, August 671, September 924, October 165, November 103, December 92.
United States8,495
Canada6,353
Ontario2,876
New York2,678
British Columbia1,466
Maine999
Quebec842
Vermont816
Massachusetts767
Idaho708

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusLambdina

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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