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Morrison's Sooty Dart

Pseudohermonassa tenuicula

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 7, February 7, March 11, April 22, May 42, June 20, July 15, August 58, September 14, October 12, November 7, December 6.
Canada786
United States197
Ontario176
Nunavut159
Alberta151
Quebec104
Michigan99
British Columbia45
New Brunswick44
Nova Scotia43

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
GenusPseudohermonassa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Morrison's Sooty Dart with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.