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Kyoto Moth

Autosticha kyotensis

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 Texas.January 18, February 17, March 19, April 37, May 29, June 44, July 42, August 30, September 12, October 18, November 17, December 16.
United States548
Texas203
North Carolina79
Georgia52
Louisiana46
South Carolina43
Mississippi40
Alabama39
Virginia15
Maryland5

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
FamilyAutostichidae
GenusAutosticha

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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