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Terrenella Bee Moth

Aphomia terrenella

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 3, February 3, March 4, April 8, May 16, June 24, July 48, August 12, September 5, October 4, November 3, December 2.
United States330
Canada92
Ontario87
New York53
Michigan36
Virginia19
Massachusetts18
Maryland18
North Carolina17
Quebec17

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusAphomia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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