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Unadorned Carpet Moth

Hydrelia inornata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) caterpillerlover, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Vermont.January 19, February 19, March 28, April 55, May 103, June 184, July 143, August 38, September 46, October 34, November 19, December 17.
United States2,962
Vermont963
North Carolina924
New York638
Canada545
Quebec442
Ontario243
West Virginia203
New Hampshire194
Tennessee190

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