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Posturing Arta Moth

Arta statalis

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 New York.January 30, February 29, March 40, April 69, May 119, June 58, July 58, August 40, September 47, October 43, November 29, December 27.
United States4,585
New York576
Alabama481
North Carolina435
Massachusetts398
Virginia309
Maryland223
Canada221
Ontario216
Georgia202

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
GenusArta

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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