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Snowy Geometer Moth

Eugonobapta nivosaria

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 37, February 38, March 60, April 117, May 224, June 105, July 429, August 72, September 75, October 62, November 39, December 34.
United States2,422
Canada1,195
Ontario941
New York604
Ohio232
Michigan229
Quebec223
Massachusetts171
Pennsylvania139
West Virginia130

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusEugonobapta

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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