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Lynx Flower Moth

Schinia lynx

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 8, February 8, March 13, April 26, May 50, June 24, July 40, August 17, September 17, October 14, November 9, December 8.
United States830
Canada211
Ontario211
Texas125
Michigan103
Oklahoma64
New York60
Massachusetts59
New Jersey47
Ohio36

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
GenusSchinia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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