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Brassy Waved Umber

Menophra japygiaria

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) javier_estepa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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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 Spain.January 23, February 27, March 49, April 115, May 117, June 55, July 60, August 45, September 17, October 26, November 32, December 16.
Spain582
Portugal412
Andalucía404
FARO233
Italy199
Isole118
France107
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur86
Centro47
SETÚBAL45

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
GenusMenophra

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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