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White Satin Moth

Leucoma salicis

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 Alaska.January 1,859, February 1,373, March 2,151, April 3,384, May 4,880, June 5,321, July 5,694, August 4,897, September 3,595, October 2,683, November 1,466, December 1,146.
United States39,819
Alaska38,450
Canada2,191
British Columbia634
Ontario578
Alberta339
United Kingdom339
England338
Quebec317
Russia270

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
GenusLeucoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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