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Red-footed Snout

Hypena eductalis

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 Quebec.January 8, February 7, March 10, April 25, May 46, June 57, July 29, August 23, September 20, October 17, November 10, December 9.
United States703
Canada640
Quebec230
New York151
Ontario149
Massachusetts140
Nova Scotia137
New Hampshire78
Vermont53
Newfoundland and Labrador52

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusHypena

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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