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Bog Lygropia Moth

Lygropia rivulalis

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 51, February 52, March 83, April 162, May 312, June 146, July 700, August 100, September 105, October 86, November 54, December 48.
United States2,365
Canada1,691
Ontario1,309
New York580
Michigan374
Quebec240
Wisconsin141
Ohio124
Minnesota96
Vermont95

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusLygropia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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