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Connubial Underwing

Catocala connubialis

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 18, February 18, March 24, April 42, May 72, June 35, July 26, August 24, September 28, October 26, November 18, December 16.
United States1,687
New York347
Massachusetts228
New Jersey115
Canada108
Georgia94
Connecticut85
North Carolina77
Texas76
Ontario66

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