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Verbena Bud Moth

Endothenia hebesana

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 Texas.January 42, February 40, March 45, April 86, May 67, June 67, July 71, August 24, September 28, October 30, November 39, December 38.
United States2,413
Canada611
Texas473
Ontario421
New York269
Michigan171
North Carolina135
West Virginia135
Maryland110
Massachusetts106

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
FamilyTortricid Leafroller Moths · Tortricidae
GenusEndothenias · Endothenia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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