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Capsule Moth

Hadena capsularis

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 3, February 3, March 4, April 8, May 16, June 8, July 6, August 5, September 5, October 4, November 3, December 2.
United States216
Canada99
Ontario68
Texas28
Michigan28
Colorado24
New York16
Quebec15
Idaho11
Oklahoma9

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
GenusHadena

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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