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Private Sallow

Sutyna privata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) lamagswag, some rights reserved (CC BY)

28 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.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 11, February 11, March 18, April 35, May 66, June 31, July 23, August 21, September 52, October 18, November 11, December 10.
Canada693
United States556
Ontario278
New York147
Michigan133
Quebec127
Massachusetts117
Alberta65
Nunavut65
Nova Scotia59

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
GenusSutyna

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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