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Small Brocade

Oligia minuscula

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 Quebec.January 6, February 5, March 8, April 20, May 37, June 24, July 20, August 19, September 31, October 14, November 8, December 7.
Canada555
United States443
Quebec184
Ontario179
New York143
Massachusetts129
Nova Scotia92
Michigan87
New Brunswick77
Minnesota27

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
GenusOligia

Sources

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