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Bogong Moth

Agrotis infusa

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 Australia.January 535, February 418, March 212, April 163, May 923, June 156, July 7, August 10, September 155, October 817, November 573, December 356.
Australia4,325
Victoria2,451
New South Wales1,096
South Australia354
Australian Capital Territory223
Western Australia147
Tasmania37
New Zealand20
Queensland16
Southland Region6

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
GenusAgrotis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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