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White-striped Dart

Euxoa albipennis

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 8, February 8, March 13, April 25, May 48, June 23, July 17, August 15, September 34, October 13, November 8, December 7.
Canada507
United States473
Ontario203
Alberta116
Michigan86
Nunavut57
Quebec56
British Columbia55
Oregon44
Washington43

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
GenusEuxoa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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