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Little Nymph Underwing

Catocala micronympha

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 Texas.January 125, February 119, March 135, April 257, May 852, June 233, July 69, August 71, September 84, October 90, November 117, December 113.
United States5,281
Texas1,413
Massachusetts626
New York458
Connecticut270
Canada228
Ontario228
Virginia177
Michigan171
Georgia167

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