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Betrothed Underwing

Catocala innubens

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 29, February 30, March 47, April 92, May 177, June 83, July 66, August 167, September 59, October 49, November 30, December 27.
United States2,803
Canada801
Ontario743
Michigan350
Ohio334
New York301
Missouri275
Illinois272
Texas201
New Jersey120

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