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Eastern Streaked Plusia

Ctenoplusia albostriata

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 17, February 21, March 18, April 21, May 15, June 15, July 7, August 11, September 10, October 8, November 10, December 14.
Australia167
New Zealand104
Queensland80
Japan75
New South Wales63
China39
Tokyo31
Auckland Region25
Wellington Region22
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region21

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
GenusCtenoplusia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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