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Oslar's Imperial Moth

Eacles oslari

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 Arizona.January 37, February 33, March 44, April 59, May 54, June 26, July 163, August 70, September 29, October 28, November 28, December 32.
United States459
Arizona447
Mexico53
Nuevo Leon17
Chihuahua9
Michigan8
Sonora6
Guanajuato5
Michoacan de Ocampo5
New Mexico3

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
FamilyEmperor and Giant Silk Moths · Saturniidae
GenusImperial Moths · Eacles

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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