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Two-lined Hooktip

Falcaria bilineata

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 46, February 47, March 74, April 145, May 278, June 217, July 191, August 135, September 93, October 76, November 48, December 43.
Canada2,972
United States1,573
Ontario1,166
Quebec539
New York485
Nova Scotia303
Minnesota200
Vermont192
Michigan169
New Hampshire164

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
FamilyHooktip and False Owlet Moths · Drepanidae
GenusFalcaria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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