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White Pine Angle

Macaria pinistrobata

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 Massachusetts.January 20, February 18, March 22, April 35, May 65, June 30, July 25, August 27, September 28, October 27, November 20, December 19.
United States1,210
Massachusetts337
New York314
Canada281
Maine264
Connecticut229
Vermont136
Ontario133
New Hampshire117
Quebec84

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
GenusMacaria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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