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Modest Furcula Moth

Furcula modesta

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) dpcoulson, 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 35, February 36, March 56, April 111, May 212, June 100, July 117, August 89, September 71, October 58, November 36, December 33.
Canada1,903
Ontario891
United States762
Quebec455
New York251
Michigan140
Nunavut95
Alberta94
Nova Scotia79
New Brunswick73

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