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Tropical Anomis

Anomis flava

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 Australia.January 27, February 28, March 55, April 65, May 60, June 33, July 27, August 19, September 20, October 5, November 13, December 7.
Australia359
Queensland203
New South Wales149
India99
United States77
South Africa76
KwaZulu-Natal29
Kerala25
Georgia22
China21

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
GenusAnomis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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