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Camphorweed Owlet

Cucullia alfarata

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 Georgia.January 7, February 8, March 7, April 10, May 8, June 5, July 4, August 4, September 16, October 22, November 5, December 6.
United States396
Georgia77
Texas55
North Carolina55
Alabama50
South Carolina28
Tennessee20
Missouri14
Virginia12
Oklahoma8

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
GenusHooded Owlets · Cucullia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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