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Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth

Orthosia hibisci

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 88, February 90, March 143, April 640, May 538, June 252, July 190, August 172, September 180, October 148, November 92, December 82.
United States8,671
Canada4,790
Ontario2,255
New York1,664
Quebec878
Washington762
British Columbia762
Oregon651
Michigan443
Idaho406

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
GenusOrthosia

Sources

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