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Fragile White Carpet

Hydrelia albifera

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 27, February 27, March 43, April 85, May 162, June 150, July 113, August 199, September 54, October 45, November 28, December 25.
Canada1,166
Ontario681
United States653
New York307
Quebec180
Michigan97
Alberta76
Nunavut53
British Columbia45
Newfoundland and Labrador44

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
GenusHydrelia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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