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Curved-lined Angle

Digrammia continuata

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 33, February 34, March 54, April 105, May 201, June 146, July 222, August 242, September 68, October 55, November 35, December 31.
United States3,937
Canada1,181
Ontario844
Texas793
New York497
Oklahoma315
Quebec263
Virginia216
Massachusetts207
Maryland206

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusDigrammia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Curved-lined Angle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.