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Long-horned Owlet

Hypenula cacuminalis

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 Texas.January 10, February 10, March 11, April 22, May 30, June 11, July 9, August 15, September 14, October 8, November 10, December 10.
United States383
Texas119
Arizona21
Georgia20
New Mexico6
Alabama2
Oklahoma1

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusHypenula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Long-horned Owlet with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.