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Nevada Cloudywing

Cecropterus nevada

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 California.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 2, June 39, July 55, August 6, September 0, October 0, November 0, December 0.
California102
Colorado20
Utah13
Oregon8
Nevada3

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
FamilySkippers · Hesperiidae
GenusCloudywings · Cecropterus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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