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Serene Underwing

Catocala serena

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 22, February 21, March 29, April 50, May 86, June 42, July 35, August 44, September 34, October 31, November 21, December 20.
United States1,787
New York417
Canada346
Ontario346
Michigan259
Massachusetts226
Connecticut223
Wisconsin130
Pennsylvania93
Ohio93

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