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Gray Copper

Tharsalea dione

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 Nebraska.January 3, February 5, March 9, April 13, May 25, June 55, July 32, August 9, September 9, October 6, November 4, December 4.
United States631
Canada371
Nebraska143
Iowa128
Ontario119
Alberta115
Minnesota86
Colorado82
Saskatchewan65
Kansas61

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
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusTharsalea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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