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Blueberry Budworm Moth

Abagrotis anchocelioides

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 2, February 2, March 4, April 7, May 14, June 7, July 5, August 4, September 5, October 4, November 2, December 2.
United States148
Canada94
Ontario59
Michigan30
Wisconsin25
New York24
Manitoba19
North Carolina17
Quebec16
Massachusetts8

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
GenusAbagrotis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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