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Barrens Chytonix

Chytonix sensilis

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 7, February 7, March 12, April 23, May 43, June 20, July 33, August 16, September 15, October 12, November 7, December 7.
United States349
Canada198
Ontario182
Michigan115
New York51
Alabama35
South Carolina32
Louisiana25
Texas22
Quebec16

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusChytonix

Sources

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