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Cobbler Moth

Condica sutor

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 63, February 60, March 68, April 129, May 79, June 38, July 69, August 45, September 77, October 87, November 65, December 57.
United States1,732
Texas712
Mississippi173
Louisiana145
North Carolina80
South Carolina70
Alabama56
Kansas51
Missouri48
Canada45

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
GenusCondica

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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