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Campion Coronet

Hadena ectypa

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 Pennsylvania.January 0, February 0, March 1, April 1, May 1, June 1, July 0, August 0, September 1, October 1, November 0, December 0.
United States35
Pennsylvania7
West Virginia5
New York5
Tennessee4
Massachusetts4
North Carolina4
Kentucky1
Vermont1
Delaware1

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