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Darker Moodna Moth

Moodna ostrinella

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 11, February 12, March 19, April 36, May 70, June 33, July 42, August 76, September 23, October 19, November 12, December 11.
United States1,419
Canada546
Ontario292
Texas283
Quebec216
New York215
Alabama82
Louisiana67
Mississippi66
Michigan57

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusMoodna

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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