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Nevada Arches Moth

Lacanobia nevadae

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 British Columbia.January 7, February 6, March 10, April 11, May 18, June 15, July 12, August 11, September 10, October 8, November 6, December 6.
Canada461
United States244
British Columbia120
Quebec102
Colorado55
Alberta54
Ontario53
Newfoundland and Labrador50
Idaho40
Nunavut36

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
GenusLacanobia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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