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Pink Underwing

Catocala concumbens

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 43, February 44, March 69, April 136, May 261, June 122, July 92, August 177, September 147, October 72, November 45, December 40.
United States2,113
Canada1,982
Ontario1,093
New York533
Quebec405
Michigan360
Massachusetts269
Minnesota261
Connecticut136
New Brunswick131

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
GenusUnderwing Moths · Catocala

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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