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Three-spotted Nola Moth

Nola triquetrana

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

27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 9, February 8, March 11, April 20, May 34, June 17, July 13, August 11, September 13, October 12, November 8, December 8.
United States848
New York165
Canada94
Ontario88
Pennsylvania78
West Virginia75
Maryland61
Massachusetts55
Mississippi50
Vermont43

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
FamilyTufted Moths · Nolidae
GenusNola

Sources

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