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Bridled Arches Moth

Lacinipolia lorea

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 24, February 25, March 40, April 78, May 149, June 148, July 83, August 48, September 50, October 41, November 26, December 23.
Canada1,877
United States1,473
Ontario625
Alberta292
Quebec284
Alaska263
New York240
Nunavut196
Michigan192
British Columbia160

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
GenusLacinipolia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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