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Gray Furcula Moth

Furcula cinerea

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) smwhite, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 21, February 22, March 34, April 67, May 129, June 139, July 115, August 41, September 43, October 35, November 22, December 20.
United States2,228
Canada820
Ontario540
Texas369
New York327
Michigan169
Quebec158
Oklahoma147
Massachusetts94
Vermont80

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
FamilyProminent Moths · Notodontidae
GenusFurcula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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