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Collared Arches Moth

Lacinipolia strigicollis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) gwills22, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 44, February 38, March 40, April 50, May 48, June 36, July 30, August 31, September 39, October 40, November 52, December 40.
United States1,268
California489
Canada394
British Columbia257
Arizona165
Alberta136
Washington107
Idaho103
Oregon98
Colorado55

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
GenusLacinipolia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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