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White-barred Emerald

Nemoria bifilata

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 20, February 30, March 22, April 86, May 44, June 34, July 18, August 11, September 14, October 14, November 19, December 18.
United States363
Texas238
New Jersey22
South Carolina15
North Carolina13
Oklahoma9
Alabama6
Georgia6
New York6
Kentucky5

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
GenusNemoria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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