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Lined Black Aspen Woodling

Egira dolosa

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 34, February 35, March 56, April 109, May 263, June 98, July 74, August 67, September 70, October 57, November 36, December 32.
Canada2,065
United States902
Ontario877
Quebec704
New York216
Alberta174
Nunavut156
Michigan151
British Columbia111
Vermont96

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
GenusEgira

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Lined Black Aspen Woodling with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.