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Cramer's Sphinx

Erinnyis crameri

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 Brazil.January 12, February 10, March 6, April 5, May 4, June 2, July 4, August 2, September 1, October 11, November 4, December 13.
Brazil74
Mexico43
Argentina31
Colombia22
Parana22
Acre21
Sao Paulo9
Costa Rica8
United States7
Arizona7

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
FamilySphinx Moths · Sphingidae
GenusErinnyis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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