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Speckled Rustic

Caradrina multifera

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 Idaho.January 7, February 6, March 8, April 13, May 21, June 20, July 16, August 12, September 10, October 7, November 6, December 6.
United States474
Canada241
Idaho131
Ontario123
Oregon115
Quebec84
Washington79
New York33
Minnesota27
Michigan21

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
GenusCaradrina

Sources

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