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Curved-lined Owlet

Phyprosopus callitrichoides

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 74, February 70, March 88, April 152, May 93, June 53, July 53, August 65, September 113, October 72, November 69, December 67.
United States2,245
Texas836
Alabama217
Georgia132
North Carolina119
Oklahoma101
Virginia79
South Carolina78
New Jersey66
Louisiana65

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusPhyprosopus

Sources

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