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Umber Underwing

Catocala umbrosa

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 13, February 12, March 14, April 27, May 54, June 11, July 7, August 7, September 9, October 9, November 12, December 12.
United States566
Texas146
New Jersey56
Massachusetts36
North Carolina29
Alabama26
New York20
Louisiana19
South Dakota17
Mississippi16

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