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Pink-spotted Dart

Pseudohermonassa bicarnea

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 New York.January 55, February 54, March 73, April 127, May 219, June 107, July 81, August 73, September 85, October 79, November 54, December 50.
United States2,816
Canada1,756
New York1,057
Ontario1,016
Quebec384
Vermont378
Michigan235
Massachusetts213
New Hampshire189
Nova Scotia183

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
GenusPseudohermonassa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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