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Two-spotted Dart

Eueretagrotis perattentus

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 Quebec.January 20, February 17, March 26, April 63, May 116, June 88, July 192, August 59, September 52, October 43, November 25, December 23.
Canada1,707
United States726
Quebec597
Ontario389
New York230
Nova Scotia227
New Brunswick142
Vermont101
Alberta101
Nunavut98

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
GenusEueretagrotis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Two-spotted Dart with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.