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Sigmoid Dart

Eueretagrotis sigmoides

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 9, February 9, March 14, April 28, May 53, June 25, July 100, August 17, September 18, October 15, November 9, December 8.
Canada364
United States347
Ontario223
New York124
Quebec105
Vermont44
Minnesota30
Michigan30
New Hampshire27
Massachusetts19

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