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Bride Underwing

Catocala neogama

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 53, February 54, March 85, April 167, May 321, June 151, July 113, August 333, September 241, October 88, November 55, December 49.
United States5,481
Canada1,446
Ontario1,348
New York869
Michigan506
Ohio464
Pennsylvania400
Missouri333
Illinois273
Massachusetts259

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