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False Yellow-dusted Cream

Gueneria similaria

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 Massachusetts.January 6, February 5, March 6, April 10, May 19, June 9, July 7, August 8, September 8, October 8, November 6, December 6.
United States561
Massachusetts100
New York79
Canada74
North Carolina51
Maryland47
Tennessee44
Pennsylvania42
Virginia38
West Virginia32

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusGueneria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise False Yellow-dusted Cream with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.