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Little Devil Moth

Dichomeris nonstrigella

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 6, February 6, March 10, April 19, May 36, June 52, July 15, August 12, September 12, October 10, November 6, December 6.
United States452
Canada217
Ontario152
New York121
Massachusetts74
Quebec40
Michigan27
Connecticut26
Pennsylvania25
New Hampshire22

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
FamilyTwirler Moths · Gelechiidae
GenusDichomeris

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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