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Little Lined Underwing

Catocala lineella

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 57, February 57, March 77, April 134, May 230, June 112, July 85, August 77, September 90, October 83, November 57, December 52.
United States5,590
New York1,111
Massachusetts842
Canada596
Ontario531
Connecticut465
Pennsylvania332
Michigan295
Texas291
Louisiana256

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