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Gray Woodgrain Moth

Morrisonia mucens

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 Texas.January 55, February 120, March 421, April 113, May 69, June 34, July 30, August 31, September 37, October 40, November 52, December 50.
United States739
Texas623
New Jersey14
Alabama13
Georgia11
South Carolina11
Oklahoma9
North Carolina8
Louisiana7
Kansas6

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
GenusMorrisonia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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