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Dotted Sallow

Anathix ralla

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 43, February 42, March 57, April 99, May 171, June 83, July 63, August 57, September 67, October 61, November 42, December 39.
United States2,645
New York824
Canada766
Ontario479
Vermont307
Massachusetts253
Quebec233
New Hampshire197
Connecticut163
Pennsylvania129

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
GenusAnathix

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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